1 /**************************************************************************
2 * fg_random.c -- routines to handle random number generation
4 * Written by Curtis Olson, started July 1997.
6 * Copyright (C) 1997 Curtis L. Olson - curt@infoplane.com
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28 #include <stdlib.h> /* for random(), srandom() */
29 #include <time.h> /* for time() to seed srandom() */
31 #include "fg_random.h"
36 # define RAND_MAX 2147483647
41 /* Seed the random number generater with time() so we don't see the
42 * same sequence every time */
43 void fg_srandom(void) {
44 printf("Seeding random number generater\n");
54 /* return a random number between [0.0, 1.0) */
55 double fg_random(void) {
57 return(rand() / (double)RAND_MAX);
59 return(random() / (double)RAND_MAX);
65 /* Revision 1.2 1997/12/30 20:47:48 curt
66 /* Integrated new event manager with subsystem initializations.
68 * Revision 1.1 1997/07/30 16:04:09 curt
69 * Moved random routines from Utils/ to Math/
71 * Revision 1.1 1997/07/19 22:31:57 curt