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/****************************************************************************/
/* random.c */
/* (c) by Ronald Michaels. This program may be freely copied, modified, */
/* transmitted, or used for any non-commercial purpose. */
/* this is an implementation of the pseudorandom number generator as */
/* described in: Park, Stephen K., and Miller, Keith W. Random Number */
/* Generators: Good Ones Are Hard to Find. Communications of the ACM, */
/* Vol.31,No.10,(October 1988),1192-1201. */
/****************************************************************************/
#include<stdio.h> /* may be omitted if warning statements are omitted */
void s_limits(double,double);
void s_seed(long int);
double d_rand(void);
long int seed = 1;
double u_limit = 1.0;
double l_limit = 0.0;
/****************************************************************************/
/* s_seed */
/* this function sets the initial seed for the random number generator */
/* default value is 1 */
/****************************************************************************/
void s_seed(long int seed_value)
{
if(seed_value<1||seed_value>2147483646){
/* warning statements may be omitted for smaller code */
printf("\n ********** WARNING ***********\n");
printf("seed for random number must be in the range\n");
printf("1 - 2147483646\n");
printf("default value of seed = 1 has been chosen\n");
printf("press any key to proceed:\n");
seed = 1; /* leave this statement */
getch();
return;
}
else{
seed = seed_value;
return;
}
}
/****************************************************************************/
/* s_limits */
/* this function sets the upper and lower limits for */
/* the random number generator */
/* default limits are 0.0 to 1.0 */
/****************************************************************************/
void s_limits(double upper,double lower)
{
u_limit = upper;
l_limit = lower;
}
/***************************************************************************/
/* d_rand */
/* this function is the pseudorandom number generator */
/***************************************************************************/
double d_rand()
{
long int a = 16807; /* multiplier */
long int m = 2147483647; /* modulus */
long int q = 127773; /* m/a */
long int r = 2836; /* m%a */
long int lo;
long int hi;
long int test;
hi = seed/q;
lo = seed%q;
test = a*lo - r*hi;
if(test>0) seed = test;
else seed = test + m;
return(((double)seed/(double)m)*(u_limit-l_limit) + l_limit);
}