mtwister.h File Reference

An implementation of the MT19937 algorithm for the Mersenne Twister, based on implementation by Evan Sultanik and pseudocode by M. Matsumoto and T. Nishimura, "Mersenne Twister: A 623-dimensionally equidistributed uniform pseudorandom number generator," ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation Vol. 8, No. 1, January pp.3-30 1998. More...

#include "defines.h"

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Data Structures
struct	mtrand_state

Macros
#define	STATE_VECTOR_LENGTH   624
#define	STATE_VECTOR_M   397

Typedefs
typedef struct mtrand_state	mtrand_state

Functions
KAPI mtrand_state	mtrand_create (u64 seed)
	Creates a new Mersenne Twister random number generator using the provided seed. More...
KAPI u64	mtrand_generate (mtrand_state *generator)
	Generates a new random 64-bit unsigned integer from the given generator. More...
KAPI f64	mtrand_generate_d (mtrand_state *generator)
	Generates a new random 64-bit floating-point number from the given generator. More...

Detailed Description

An implementation of the MT19937 algorithm for the Mersenne Twister, based on implementation by Evan Sultanik and pseudocode by M. Matsumoto and T. Nishimura, "Mersenne Twister: A 623-dimensionally equidistributed uniform pseudorandom number generator," ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation Vol. 8, No. 1, January pp.3-30 1998.

Macro Definition Documentation

STATE_VECTOR_LENGTH

#define STATE_VECTOR_LENGTH   624

STATE_VECTOR_M

#define STATE_VECTOR_M   397

Typedef Documentation

mtrand_state

typedef struct mtrand_state mtrand_state

Function Documentation

mtrand_create()

KAPI mtrand_state mtrand_create

(

u64

seed

)

Creates a new Mersenne Twister random number generator using the provided seed.

Parameters

The	seed to use for the RNG.

Returns

The state for the MT RNG.

mtrand_generate()

KAPI u64 mtrand_generate

(

mtrand_state *

generator

)

Generates a new random 64-bit unsigned integer from the given generator.

Parameters

generator

A pointer to the random number generator to be used.

Returns

A newly generated 64-bit unsigned integer.

mtrand_generate_d()

KAPI f64 mtrand_generate_d

(

mtrand_state *

generator

)

Generates a new random 64-bit floating-point number from the given generator.

Parameters

generator

A pointer to the random number generator to be used.

Returns

A newly generated 64-bit floating-point number.