Random floats
Well, apart from writing your own random number generator a simple way is to use rand() and convert it to a float.
Or if you want a random number between 0 and 1 a simple way would be:
fRandom = float( rand() & 0x0FFF ) / 0x0FFF;
Of course you can use any number you want and you don''t need to AND the result, you could use mod or whatever takes your fancy.
(Note I''m using a c++ cast there, swap it for a c one if thats your thing
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Hope that helps some...
n!
Or if you want a random number between 0 and 1 a simple way would be:
fRandom = float( rand() & 0x0FFF ) / 0x0FFF;
Of course you can use any number you want and you don''t need to AND the result, you could use mod or whatever takes your fancy.
(Note I''m using a c++ cast there, swap it for a c one if thats your thing
)Hope that helps some...
n!
That''s a complex solution - I''d never even considered it before. I''d always used rand () * x / RAND_MAX, where x is a float or double, and is the upper limit. RAND_MAX is a constant that defines the maximum number returned from rand (), and I think it''s contained in stdlib.h.
The post above mine is probably faster, but this method is easier to understand.
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The post above mine is probably faster, but this method is easier to understand.
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C++ is the language of the not-so-ancients.
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You can do the following:
x = ((float)rand()) / RAND_MAX) * rand();
if that takes your fancy.
Or, use anon''s above - it''s probably faster.
-Mezz
x = ((float)rand()) / RAND_MAX) * rand();
if that takes your fancy.
Or, use anon''s above - it''s probably faster.
-Mezz
Hrm, from another previous post I have heard that rand() uses a multiplication and an addition to generate the random number like so:
rand = (largeprimenumber) * (seed / current randvalue) + (prime number)...
perhaps you could create your own random floating point number generator somehow?
Dæmin
(Dominik Grabiec)
sdgrab@eisa.net.au
rand = (largeprimenumber) * (seed / current randvalue) + (prime number)...
perhaps you could create your own random floating point number generator somehow?
Dæmin
(Dominik Grabiec)
sdgrab@eisa.net.au
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I looked this up from the sourcecode:
return(((holdrand = holdrand * 214013L + 2531011L) >> 16) & 0x7fff);
holdrand is the seed or the last number generated. I wonder why its shifted and ANDed? Is this thing intentionally clamped to a short or something?
I''ll have to experiment with it.
return(((holdrand = holdrand * 214013L + 2531011L) >> 16) & 0x7fff);
holdrand is the seed or the last number generated. I wonder why its shifted and ANDed? Is this thing intentionally clamped to a short or something?
I''ll have to experiment with it.
quote:Original post by Denix Linelli
How do I generate random floating-point numbers? rand() only does ints.
Nifty neato floating-point random number function coming right up:
float random(float low, float high){ return (low + (high - low) * (rand() / float(RAND_MAX)));} Keep in mind that any compiler that''s not brain-dead will optimize things for you. Since RAND_MAX is a literal, the conversion to floatint-point and the division will be optimized to a simple multiplication. There is one slow bit (converting rand()''s result to a float) but otherwise it''s a simple and fast solution.
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