/* ------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* File: example_prng.c */ /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */ #ifdef UNURAN_SUPPORTS_PRNG /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* This example makes use of the PRNG library for generating */ /* uniform random numbers. */ /* (see http://statmath.wu.ac.at/prng/) */ /* To compile this example you must have set */ /* ./configure --with-urng-prng */ /* (Of course the executable has to be linked against the */ /* PRNG library.) */ /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* Include UNURAN header files. */ #include <unuran.h> #include <unuran_urng_prng.h> /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */ int main(void) { int i; /* loop variable */ double x; /* will hold the random number */ double fparams[2]; /* array for parameters for distribution */ /* Declare the three UNURAN objects. */ UNUR_DISTR *distr; /* distribution object */ UNUR_PAR *par; /* parameter object */ UNUR_GEN *gen; /* generator object */ /* Declare objects for uniform random number generators. */ UNUR_URNG *urng1, *urng2; /* uniform generator objects */ /* PRNG only: */ /* Make a object for uniform random number generator. */ /* For details see http://statmath.wu.ac.at/prng/ */ /* We use the Mersenne Twister. */ urng1 = unur_urng_prng_new("mt19937(1237)"); if (urng1 == NULL) exit (EXIT_FAILURE); /* Use a predefined standard distribution: */ /* Beta with parameters 2 and 3. */ fparams[0] = 2.; fparams[1] = 3.; distr = unur_distr_beta( fparams, 2 ); /* Choose a method: TDR. */ par = unur_tdr_new(distr); /* Set uniform generator in parameter object */ unur_set_urng( par, urng1 ); /* Create the generator object. */ gen = unur_init(par); /* Notice that this call has also destroyed the parameter */ /* object `par' as a side effect. */ /* It is important to check if the creation of the generator */ /* object was successful. Otherwise `gen' is the NULL pointer */ /* and would cause a segmentation fault if used for sampling. */ if (gen == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: cannot create generator object\n"); exit (EXIT_FAILURE); } /* It is possible to reuse the distribution object to create */ /* another generator object. If you do not need it any more, */ /* it should be destroyed to free memory. */ unur_distr_free(distr); /* Now you can use the generator object `gen' to sample from */ /* the distribution. Eg.: */ for (i=0; i<10; i++) { x = unur_sample_cont(gen); printf("%f\n",x); } /* Now we want to switch to a different uniform random number */ /* generator. */ /* Now we use an ICG (Inversive Congruental Generator). */ urng2 = unur_urng_prng_new("icg(2147483647,1,1,0)"); if (urng2 == NULL) exit (EXIT_FAILURE); unur_chg_urng( gen, urng2 ); /* ... and sample again. */ for (i=0; i<10; i++) { x = unur_sample_cont(gen); printf("%f\n",x); } /* When you do not need the generator object any more, you */ /* can destroy it. */ unur_free(gen); /* We also should destroy the uniform random number generators.*/ unur_urng_free(urng1); unur_urng_free(urng2); exit (EXIT_SUCCESS); } /* end of main() */ /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */ #else #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(void) { printf("You must enable the PRNG library to run this example!\n\n"); exit (77); /* exit code for automake check routines */ } #endif /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */