3 * Generate a random multiprecision integer
5 * (c) 1999 Straylight/Edgeware
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28 #ifndef CATACOMB_MPRAND_H
29 #define CATACOMB_MPRAND_H
35 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
37 #ifndef CATACOMB_GRAND_H
45 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
49 * Arguments: @mp *d@ = destination integer
50 * @unsigned b@ = number of bits
51 * @grand *r@ = pointer to random number source
52 * @mpw or@ = mask to OR with low-order bits
54 * Returns: A random integer with the requested number of bits
56 * Use: Constructs an arbitrarily large pseudorandom integer.
57 * Assuming that the generator @r@ is good, the result is
58 * uniformly distributed in the interval %$[2^{b - 1}, 2^b)$%.
59 * The result is then ORred with the given @or@ value. This
60 * will often be 1, to make the result odd.
62 * The length @b@ may be zero; but %$\texttt{or} \ge 2^b$% is
66 extern mp *mprand(mp */*d*/, unsigned /*b*/, grand */*r*/, mpw /*or*/);
68 /* --- @mprand_range@ --- *
70 * Arguments: @mp *d@ = destination integer
71 * @mp *l@ = limit for random number
72 * @grand *r@ = random number source
73 * @mpw or@ = mask for low-order bits
75 * Returns: A pseudorandom integer, unformly distributed over the
76 * interval %$[0, l)$%.
78 * Use: Generates a uniformly-distributed pseudorandom number in the
79 * appropriate range. We must have %$l > 0$%.
82 extern mp *mprand_range(mp */*d*/, mp */*l*/, grand */*r*/, mpw /*or*/);
84 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/