3 * $Id: mprand.h,v 1.1 1999/12/10 23:23:05 mdw Exp $
5 * Generate a random multiprecision integer
7 * (c) 1999 Straylight/Edgeware
10 /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
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30 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
33 * Revision 1.1 1999/12/10 23:23:05 mdw
34 * Support for generating random large integers.
38 #ifndef CATACOMB_MPRAND_H
39 #define CATACOMB_MPRAND_H
45 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
47 #ifndef CATACOMB_GRAND_H
55 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
59 * Arguments: @mp *d@ = destination integer
60 * @unsigned b@ = number of bits
61 * @grand *r@ = pointer to random number source
62 * @mpw or@ = mask to OR with low-order bits
64 * Returns: A random integer with the requested number of bits
66 * Use: Constructs an arbitrarily large pseudorandom integer.
67 * Assuming that the generator @r@ is good, the result is
68 * uniformly distributed in the interval %$[2^{b - 1}, 2^b)$%.
69 * The result is then ORred with the given @or@ value. This
70 * will often be 1, to make the result odd.
73 extern mp
*mprand(mp */
*d*/
, unsigned /*b*/, grand */
*r*/
, mpw
/*or*/);
75 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/