random integer
- From: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 24 Apr 2007 23:14:15 -0700
I was just wondering what the best way to generate a uniformly
distributed random integer between 0 and x is.
Usually, you can't just do rand()%(x+1). For instance, if you want a
number between 0 and 31999, you can't just do rand()%32000 since
0-767 will be twice as likely.
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