cpp_random_test

cpp_random_test, a C++ code which illustrates the use of the C++ random number generator routines.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

cpp_random_test is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

asa183, a C++ code which implements a pseudorandom number generator, by Wichman and Hill. This is a C++ version of Applied Statistics Algorithm 183.

normal, a C++ code which computes elements of a sequence of pseudorandom normally distributed values.

rand48, a C++ code which demonstrates the use of the rand48 family of random number generators available in the C/C++ standard library.

randlc, a C++ code which generates a sequence of pseudorandom numbers, used by the NAS Benchmark programs.

rnglib, a C++ code which implements a random number generator (RNG) with splitting facilities, allowing multiple independent streams to be computed, by L'Ecuyer and Cote.

uniform, a C++ code which computes elements of a uniform pseudorandom sequence.

van_der_corput, a C++ code which computes elements of a 1D van der Corput Quasi Monte Carlo (QMC) sequence using a simple interface.

Reference:

1. Paul Deitel, Harvey Deitel,
   C++: How to Program,
   Seventh Edition,
   Prentice Hall, 2011,
   ISBN: 978-013-216541-9,
   LC: QA76.73.C153.D45.
2. Steve Oaulline,
   Practical C++ Programming,
   Second Edition,
   O'Reilly, 2003,
   ISBN: 1-56592-139-9,
   LC: QA76.73.C15.O84.
3. Bjarne Stroustrup,
   The C++ Programming Language,
   Addison-Wesley, 2000,
   ISBN: 0-201-70073-5,
   LC: QA76.73.C153.S77.

Examples and Tests:

• cpp_random_test.sh, calls all the tests;

DRAND48_TEST shows how to use the standard library routines SRAND48 to set the seed and DRAND48 to return random real numbers in [0,1].

• drand48_test.cpp, the source code;
• drand48_test.sh, runs all the tests.
• drand48_test.txt, the output file.

RAND_TEST shows how to use the standard library routines SRAND to set the seed and RAND to return random integers which can be scaled to real numbers in [0,1].

• rand_test.cpp, the source code;
• rand_test.sh, runs all the tests.
• rand_test.txt, the output file.

RANDOM_TEST shows how to use the standard library routines SRANDOM to set the seed and RANDOM to return random integers which can be scaled to real numbers in [0,1].

• random_test.cpp, the source code;
• random_test.sh, runs all the tests.
• random_test.txt, the output file.