Essays/Linear Congruential Generator
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The linear congruential pseudo-random number generator is traditionally the RNG implemented by APL. Its use is now deprecated because of its short period length (at most _1+2^31).
qrl =: 16807
tick =: [ <.@%~ (* 3 : 'qrl=:(<:2^31)|(7^5)*qrl')@]
roll =: (<:2^31)&tick"0
bigdeal=: 4 : 0
t=. 0 $ v=. y $~ <.1.11*x
while. x > #t do. t=. ~. roll v end.
x {. t
)
rix =: i.@[ ([ ,. [ + roll@:-~) ]
deal1=: [ {. <@~."1@|.@rix C. i.@-@]
deal =: deal1 ` bigdeal @. (< 0.01&*)
For example:
roll 2 4$1e6 131537 755605 458650 532767 218959 47044 678864 679296 17 deal 17 1 9 7 2 12 11 5 3 8 4 6 15 16 14 0 13 10 0 ": qrl 1131570933
See also
Contributed by Roger Hui.