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Started by binium November 30, 2002 10:58 PM

2 comments, last by binium 21 years, 4 months ago

binium

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November 30, 2002 10:58 PM

How can I generate a random float value ranging (-m, m), m is a any float value? Thanks a lot!

niyaw

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November 30, 2002 11:03 PM

use rand().

GdWiki

Neosmyle

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November 30, 2002 11:10 PM

#define RANDOM_FLOAT(min, max) (((float)rand() / (float)RAND_MAX) * ((max) - (min)) + (min))

will work for any 2 floats. IE

RANDOM_FLOAT(-m, m)

EDIT- Added more parentheses

[edited by - Neosmyle on November 30, 2002 12:10:45 AM]

binium

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December 01, 2002 12:02 AM

Thanks, buddies!

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