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Class template subtract_with_carry_engine

boost::random::subtract_with_carry_engine

Synopsis

// In header: <boost/random/subtract_with_carry.hpp>

template<typename IntType, std::size_t w, std::size_t s, std::size_t r> 
class subtract_with_carry_engine {
public:
  // types
  typedef IntType result_type;

  // construct/copy/destruct
  subtract_with_carry_engine();
  explicit subtract_with_carry_engine(IntType);
  template<typename SeedSeq> explicit subtract_with_carry_engine(SeedSeq &);
  template<typename It> subtract_with_carry_engine(It &, It);

  // public member functions
  void seed();
  void seed(IntType);
  template<typename SeedSeq> void seed(SeedSeq &);
  template<typename It> void seed(It &, It);
  result_type operator()();
  void discard(boost::uintmax_t);
  template<typename It> void generate(It, It);

  // public static functions
  static result_type min();
  static result_type max();

  // friend functions
  template<typename CharT, typename Traits> 
    friend std::basic_ostream< CharT, Traits > & 
    operator<<(std::basic_ostream< CharT, Traits > &, 
               const subtract_with_carry_engine &);
  template<typename CharT, typename Traits> 
    friend std::basic_istream< CharT, Traits > & 
    operator>>(std::basic_istream< CharT, Traits > &, 
               const subtract_with_carry_engine &);
  friend bool operator==(const subtract_with_carry_engine &, 
                         const subtract_with_carry_engine &);
  friend bool operator!=(const subtract_with_carry_engine &, 
                         const subtract_with_carry_engine &);

  // public data members
  static const std::size_t word_size;
  static const std::size_t long_lag;
  static const std::size_t short_lag;
  static const uint32_t default_seed;
  static const bool has_fixed_range;
  static const result_type modulus;
};

Description

Instantiations of subtract_with_carry_engine model a pseudo-random number generator . The algorithm is described in

"A New Class of Random Number Generators", George Marsaglia and Arif Zaman, Annals of Applied Probability, Volume 1, Number 3 (1991), 462-480.

subtract_with_carry_engine public construct/copy/destruct

  1. subtract_with_carry_engine();

    Constructs a new subtract_with_carry_engine and seeds it with the default seed.

  2. explicit subtract_with_carry_engine(IntType value);

    Constructs a new subtract_with_carry_engine and seeds it with value.

  3. template<typename SeedSeq> explicit subtract_with_carry_engine(SeedSeq & seq);

    Constructs a new subtract_with_carry_engine and seeds it with values produced by seq.generate().

  4. template<typename It> subtract_with_carry_engine(It & first, It last);

    Constructs a new subtract_with_carry_engine and seeds it with values from a range. first is updated to point one past the last value consumed. If there are not enough elements in the range to fill the entire state of the generator, throws std::invalid_argument.

subtract_with_carry_engine public member functions

  1. void seed();

    Seeds the generator with the default seed.

  2. void seed(IntType value);
  3. template<typename SeedSeq> void seed(SeedSeq & seq);

    Seeds the generator with values produced by seq.generate().

  4. template<typename It> void seed(It & first, It last);

    Seeds the generator with values from a range. Updates first to point one past the last consumed value. If the range does not contain enough elements to fill the entire state of the generator, throws std::invalid_argument.

  5. result_type operator()();

    Returns the next value of the generator.

  6. void discard(boost::uintmax_t z);

    Advances the state of the generator by z.

  7. template<typename It> void generate(It first, It last);

    Fills a range with random values.

subtract_with_carry_engine public static functions

  1. static result_type min();

    Returns the smallest value that the generator can produce.

  2. static result_type max();

    Returns the largest value that the generator can produce.

subtract_with_carry_engine friend functions

  1. template<typename CharT, typename Traits> 
      friend std::basic_ostream< CharT, Traits > & 
      operator<<(std::basic_ostream< CharT, Traits > & os, 
                 const subtract_with_carry_engine & f);

    Writes a subtract_with_carry_engine to a std::ostream.

  2. template<typename CharT, typename Traits> 
      friend std::basic_istream< CharT, Traits > & 
      operator>>(std::basic_istream< CharT, Traits > & is, 
                 const subtract_with_carry_engine & f);

    Reads a subtract_with_carry_engine from a std::istream.

  3. friend bool operator==(const subtract_with_carry_engine & x, 
                           const subtract_with_carry_engine & y);

    Returns true if the two generators will produce identical sequences of values.

  4. friend bool operator!=(const subtract_with_carry_engine & lhs, 
                           const subtract_with_carry_engine & rhs);

    Returns true if the two generators will produce different sequences of values.


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