random.h

A C++ class library for scientific computing

/***************************************************************************
 * blitz/random.h       Random number generator wrapper class
 *
 * $Id: random.h,v 1.4 2003/12/11 03:44:22 julianc Exp $
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Todd Veldhuizen <[e-mail]>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 *
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 *
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 *
 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef BZ_RANDOM_H
#define BZ_RANDOM_H

#ifndef BZ_BLITZ_H
 #include <blitz/blitz.h>
#endif

BZ_NAMESPACE(blitz)

template<typename P_distribution>
class Random {

public:
    typedef P_distribution T_distribution;
    typedef _bz_typename T_distribution::T_numtype T_numtype;

    Random(double parm1=0.0, double parm2=1.0, double parm3=0.0)
        : generator_(parm1, parm2, parm3)
    { }

    void randomize()
    { generator_.randomize(); }
   
    T_numtype random()
    { return generator_.random(); }

    operator T_numtype()
    { return generator_.random(); }

protected: 
    T_distribution generator_;
};

BZ_NAMESPACE_END

#include <blitz/randref.h>

#endif // BZ_RANDOM_H