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class="refentry"> 27<a name="boost.random.random_number_generator"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> 28<div class="refnamediv"> 29<h2><span class="refentrytitle">Class template random_number_generator</span></h2> 30<p>boost::random::random_number_generator</p> 31</div> 32<h2 xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv-title">Synopsis</h2> 33<div xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv"><pre class="synopsis"><span class="comment">// In header: <<a class="link" href="../../boost_random/reference.html#header.boost.random.random_number_generator_hpp" title="Header <boost/random/random_number_generator.hpp>">boost/random/random_number_generator.hpp</a>> 34 35</span><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> URNG<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> IntType <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">long</span><span class="special">></span> 36<span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="random_number_generator.html" title="Class template random_number_generator">random_number_generator</a> <span class="special">{</span> 37<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> 38 <span class="comment">// types</span> 39 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">URNG</span> <a name="boost.random.random_number_generator.base_type"></a><span class="identifier">base_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 40 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">IntType</span> <a name="boost.random.random_number_generator.argument_type"></a><span class="identifier">argument_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 41 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">IntType</span> <a name="boost.random.random_number_generator.result_type"></a><span class="identifier">result_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 42 43 <span class="comment">// <a class="link" href="random_number_generator.html#boost.random.random_number_generatorconstruct-copy-destruct">construct/copy/destruct</a></span> 44 <a class="link" href="random_number_generator.html#id-1_3_34_5_6_35_1_1_1_7-bb"><span class="identifier">random_number_generator</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">base_type</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span> 45 46 <span class="comment">// <a class="link" href="random_number_generator.html#id-1_3_34_5_6_35_1_1_1_6-bb">public member functions</a></span> 47 <span class="identifier">result_type</span> <a class="link" href="random_number_generator.html#id-1_3_34_5_6_35_1_1_1_6_1-bb"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">argument_type</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span> 48<span class="special">}</span><span class="special">;</span></pre></div> 49<div class="refsect1"> 50<a name="id-1.3.34.5.6.34.3.4"></a><h2>Description</h2> 51<p>Instantiations of class template <a class="link" href="random_number_generator.html" title="Class template random_number_generator">random_number_generator</a> model a RandomNumberGenerator (std:25.2.11 [lib.alg.random.shuffle]). On each invocation, it returns a uniformly distributed integer in the range [0..n).</p> 52<p>The template parameter IntType shall denote some integer-like value type. </p> 53<div class="refsect2"> 54<a name="id-1.3.34.5.6.34.3.4.4"></a><h3> 55<a name="boost.random.random_number_generatorconstruct-copy-destruct"></a><code class="computeroutput">random_number_generator</code> 56 public 57 construct/copy/destruct</h3> 58<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"> 59<pre class="literallayout"><a name="id-1_3_34_5_6_35_1_1_1_7-bb"></a><span class="identifier">random_number_generator</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">base_type</span> <span class="special">&</span> rng<span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre> 60<p>Constructs a <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="random_number_generator.html" title="Class template random_number_generator">random_number_generator</a></code> functor with the given <a class="link" href="../../boost_random/reference.html#boost_random.reference.concepts.uniform_random_number_generator" title="Uniform Random Number Generator">uniform random number generator</a> as the underlying source of random numbers. </p> 61</li></ol></div> 62</div> 63<div class="refsect2"> 64<a name="id-1.3.34.5.6.34.3.4.5"></a><h3> 65<a name="id-1_3_34_5_6_35_1_1_1_6-bb"></a><code class="computeroutput">random_number_generator</code> public member functions</h3> 66<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"> 67<pre class="literallayout"><span class="identifier">result_type</span> <a name="id-1_3_34_5_6_35_1_1_1_6_1-bb"></a><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">argument_type</span> n<span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre> 68<p>Returns a value in the range [0, n) </p> 69</li></ol></div> 70</div> 71</div> 72</div> 73<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 74<td align="left"></td> 75<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2000-2005 Jens Maurer<br>Copyright © 2009, 2010 Steven Watanabe<p> 76 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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