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1 //
2 // System.Random.cs
3 //
4 // Authors:
5 // Bob Smith (bob@thestuff.net)
6 // Ben Maurer (bmaurer@users.sourceforge.net)
7 //
8 // (C) 2001 Bob Smith. http://www.thestuff.net
9 // (C) 2003 Ben Maurer
13 // Copyright (C) 2004 Novell, Inc (http://www.novell.com)
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22 //
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34 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
36 namespace System
38 [Serializable]
39 [ComVisible (true)]
40 public class Random
42 const int MBIG = int.MaxValue;
43 const int MSEED = 161803398;
45 int inext, inextp;
46 int [] SeedArray = new int [56];
48 public Random ()
49 : this (Environment.TickCount)
53 public Random (int Seed)
55 int ii;
56 int mj, mk;
58 // Numerical Recipes in C online @ http://www.library.cornell.edu/nr/bookcpdf/c7-1.pdf
59 mj = MSEED - Math.Abs (Seed);
60 SeedArray [55] = mj;
61 mk = 1;
62 for (int i = 1; i < 55; i++) { // [1, 55] is special (Knuth)
63 ii = (21 * i) % 55;
64 SeedArray [ii] = mk;
65 mk = mj - mk;
66 if (mk < 0)
67 mk += MBIG;
68 mj = SeedArray [ii];
70 for (int k = 1; k < 5; k++) {
71 for (int i = 1; i < 56; i++) {
72 SeedArray [i] -= SeedArray [1 + (i + 30) % 55];
73 if (SeedArray [i] < 0)
74 SeedArray [i] += MBIG;
77 inext = 0;
78 inextp = 31;
81 protected virtual double Sample ()
83 int retVal;
85 if (++inext >= 56) inext = 1;
86 if (++inextp >= 56) inextp = 1;
88 retVal = SeedArray [inext] - SeedArray [inextp];
90 if (retVal < 0)
91 retVal += MBIG;
93 SeedArray [inext] = retVal;
95 return retVal * (1.0 / MBIG);
98 public virtual int Next ()
100 return (int)(Sample () * int.MaxValue);
103 public virtual int Next (int maxValue)
105 if (maxValue < 0)
106 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(Locale.GetText (
107 "Max value is less than min value."));
109 return (int)(Sample () * maxValue);
112 public virtual int Next (int minValue, int maxValue)
114 if (minValue > maxValue)
115 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException (Locale.GetText (
116 "Min value is greater than max value."));
118 // special case: a difference of one (or less) will always return the minimum
119 // e.g. -1,-1 or -1,0 will always return -1
120 uint diff = (uint) (maxValue - minValue);
121 if (diff <= 1)
122 return minValue;
124 return (int)((uint)(Sample () * diff) + minValue);
127 public virtual void NextBytes (byte [] buffer)
129 if (buffer == null)
130 throw new ArgumentNullException ("buffer");
132 for (int i = 0; i < buffer.Length; i++) {
133 buffer [i] = (byte)(Sample () * (byte.MaxValue + 1));
137 public virtual double NextDouble ()
139 return this.Sample ();