Re: simple 16-bit random number generator

On Sep 18, 3:05 am, Bee <200...@calcentral.com> wrote:
> simple 16-bit random number generator
>
> Do you have a favorite?

Yeah, I know it's not what you've asked for, but I've been stung more
than once by use of "simple" random numbers and so I try to go much
further than "simple" if something better is handy, such as the
standard library. The following took less than the time to type this
post:

function! Random()
if !exists("s:seeded")
call libcallnr("libc.so.6", "srand", localtime() )
let s:seeded = 1
endif
return libcallnr("libc.so.6", "rand", 0 ) % 65536
endfun

You might have to adjust that "libc.so.6" for your OS.

Regards, John

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