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On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:56 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I am experimenting with the C code of the ISAAC pseudo random number generator |
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> (http://burtleburtle.net/bob/rand/isaacafa.html). |
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> Currently the implementation creates (on my embedded linux) 32 bit |
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> hexadecimal output. |
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So it's a 32 bit integer. |
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> From this I want to create random numbers in the range of [a-Za-z0-9] |
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> *without violating randomness* and (if possible) without throwing |
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> away bits of the output. |
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You mean *characters* int the range [A-Za-z0-9]? |
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> How can I do this mathemtically (in concern of the quality of output) |
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> correct? |
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The easiest thing to do would be: |
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#include <time.h> |
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#include <stdio.h> |
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#include <stdlib.h> |
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#define N (26+26+10) |
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static char S[] = { 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', |
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'K', 'L', 'M', |
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'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', |
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'X', 'Y', 'Z', |
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'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', |
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'k', 'l', 'm', |
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'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', |
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'x', 'y', 'z', |
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'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9' }; |
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int |
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next_character() |
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{ |
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// Use the correct call for ISAAC instead of rand() |
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unsigned int idx = rand() % N; |
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return S[idx]; |
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} |
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int |
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main(int argc, char* argv[]) |
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{ |
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// Use the correct call for initializing the ISAAC seed |
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srand((unsigned int)time(NULL)); |
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for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) // --std=c99 |
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printf("%c\n", next_character()); |
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return 0; |
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} |
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If the ISAAC RNG has a good distribution, then the next_character() |
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function will give a good distribution among the set [A-Za-z0-9]. |
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Unless I missunderstood what you meant with "create random numbers in |
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the range of [a-Za-z0-9]". |
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Regards. |
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-- |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |