3 * $Id: mprand.h,v 1.3 2004/04/08 01:36:15 mdw Exp $
5 * Generate a random multiprecision integer
7 * (c) 1999 Straylight/Edgeware
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30 #ifndef CATACOMB_MPRAND_H
31 #define CATACOMB_MPRAND_H
37 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
39 #ifndef CATACOMB_GRAND_H
47 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
51 * Arguments: @mp *d@ = destination integer
52 * @unsigned b@ = number of bits
53 * @grand *r@ = pointer to random number source
54 * @mpw or@ = mask to OR with low-order bits
56 * Returns: A random integer with the requested number of bits
58 * Use: Constructs an arbitrarily large pseudorandom integer.
59 * Assuming that the generator @r@ is good, the result is
60 * uniformly distributed in the interval %$[2^{b - 1}, 2^b)$%.
61 * The result is then ORred with the given @or@ value. This
62 * will often be 1, to make the result odd.
65 extern mp *mprand(mp */*d*/, unsigned /*b*/, grand */*r*/, mpw /*or*/);
67 /* --- @mprand_range@ --- *
69 * Arguments: @mp *d@ = destination integer
70 * @mp *l@ = limit for random number
71 * @grand *r@ = random number source
72 * @mpw or@ = mask for low-order bits
74 * Returns: A pseudorandom integer, unformly distributed over the
75 * interval %$[0, l)$%.
77 * Use: Generates a uniformly-distributed pseudorandom number in the
81 extern mp *mprand_range(mp */*d*/, mp */*l*/, grand */*r*/, mpw /*or*/);
83 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/