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From: quan@sol.surv.utas.oz (Stephen Quan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: random number generator random() questionable!!!?
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Date: 17 Sep 90 07:34:11 GMT
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Don't know if anyone interested, but I use :

int random()
{
  static int seed = 0;
  seed = (seed * 13077 + 1729) % 32768;
  return seed;
}

Which is short, simple, will give a cycle of 32768 however, but seemlingly
a fairly scattered region.  I wrote it, so I like it!!!  Only my 2c worth.

Stephen Quan,
University Of Tasmania,
School of Surveying,
Aussie.