From: Sylvester S. <syl...@gm...> - 2009-06-06 12:48:10
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Hi, I need to generate a large number of random numbers. The normal rand function that mingw supports generates numbers only till 32767- ie it can give me at most 32767 random numbers. I'll need random numbers in the range of say 5 million. I have not been able to find any built in function that does this on msdn etc. I've read on forums that this is compiler dependent and can't be changed. I can of course write my own routine to generate random numbers, but before I do this I'd like to know if there is another existing way of generating random numbers that would fit my requirements. Any pointers would be helpful. Thanks a lot, Sylvester |
From: Greg C. <gch...@sb...> - 2009-06-06 14:27:20
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On 2009-06-06 12:48Z, Sylvester Steele wrote: > > I need to generate a large number of random numbers. The normal rand > function that mingw supports generates numbers only till 32767- ie it can > give me at most 32767 random numbers. I'll need random numbers in the range > of say 5 million. I have not been able to find any built in function that > does this on msdn etc. I've read on forums that this is compiler dependent > and can't be changed. I can of course write my own routine to generate > random numbers, but before I do this I'd like to know if there is another > existing way of generating random numbers that would fit my requirements. See the links given here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.user/19661 |