NAME

Math::GSL::RNG - Random Number Generators

SYNOPSIS

use Math::GSL::RNG qw/:all/;
my $rng = Math::GSL::RNG->new;
my @random = map { $rng->get } (1..100);

Math::GSL::RNG->new($type, $seed)

my $rng = Math::GSL::RNG->new;
my $rng = Math::GSL::RNG->new($gsl_rng_knuthran,5);

Creates a new RNG object of type $type, seeded with $seed. Both of these parameters are optional. The type $gsl_rng_default is used when no $type is given.

copy()

my $copy = $rng->copy;

Make a copy of a RNG object.

free()

$rng->free();

Free memory associated with RNG object.

name()

my $name = $rng->name();

Get the name of the RNG object as a string.

get()

my $nextval = $rng->get();

Get the next random value from the RNG object.

DESCRIPTION

gsl_rng_alloc

gsl_rng_set

gsl_rng_get

gsl_rng_free

gsl_rng_memcpy

gsl_rng_fwrite

gsl_rng_fread

gsl_rng_clone

gsl_rng_max

gsl_rng_min

gsl_rng_name

gsl_rng_size

gsl_rng_state

gsl_rng_print_state

Random Number Generator Types

$gsl_rng_default

$gsl_rng_knuthran

$gsl_rng_ran0

$gsl_rng_borosh13

$gsl_rng_coveyou

$gsl_rng_cmrg

$gsl_rng_fishman18

$gsl_rng_fishman20

$gsl_rng_fishman2x

$gsl_rng_gfsr4

$gsl_rng_knuthran

$gsl_rng_knuthran2

$gsl_rng_knuthran2002

$gsl_rng_lecuyer21

$gsl_rng_minstd

$gsl_rng_mrg

$gsl_rng_mt19937

$gsl_rng_mt19937_1999

$gsl_rng_mt19937_1998

$gsl_rng_r250

$gsl_rng_ran0

$gsl_rng_ran1

$gsl_rng_ran2

$gsl_rng_ran3

$gsl_rng_rand

$gsl_rng_rand48

$gsl_rng_random128_bsd

$gsl_rng_random128_gli

$gsl_rng_random128_lib

$gsl_rng_random256_bsd

$gsl_rng_random256_gli

$gsl_rng_random256_lib

$gsl_rng_random32_bsd

$gsl_rng_random32_glib

$gsl_rng_random32_libc

$gsl_rng_random64_bsd

$gsl_rng_random64_glib

$gsl_rng_random64_libc

$gsl_rng_random8_bsd

$gsl_rng_random8_glibc

$gsl_rng_random8_libc5

$gsl_rng_random_bsd

$gsl_rng_random_glibc2

$gsl_rng_random_libc5

$gsl_rng_randu

$gsl_rng_ranf

$gsl_rng_ranlux

$gsl_rng_ranlux389

$gsl_rng_ranlxd1

$gsl_rng_ranlxd2

$gsl_rng_ranlxs0

$gsl_rng_ranlxs1

$gsl_rng_ranlxs2

$gsl_rng_ranmar

$gsl_rng_slatec

$gsl_rng_taus

$gsl_rng_taus2

$gsl_rng_taus113

$gsl_rng_transputer

$gsl_rng_tt800

$gsl_rng_uni

$gsl_rng_uni32

$gsl_rng_vax

$gsl_rng_waterman14

$gsl_rng_zuf

For more informations on the functions, we refer you to the GSL offcial documentation:

http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/

Tip : search on google: site:http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/ name_of_the_function_you_want

EXAMPLES

The following example will print out a list a random integers between certain minimum and maximum values. The command line arguments are first the number of random numbers wanted, the minimum and then maximum. The defaults are 10, 0 and 100, respectively.

use Math::GSL::RNG qw/:all/;
my $seed = int rand(100);
my $rng  = Math::GSL::RNG->new($gsl_rng_knuthran, $seed );
my ($num,$min,$max) = @ARGV;
$num ||= 10;
$min ||= 0;
$max ||= 100;
print join "\n", map { $min + $rng->get % ($max-$min+1)  } (1..$num);
print "\n";

The $seed argument is optional but encouraged. This program is available in the examples/ directory that comes with the source of this module.

If you would like a series of random non-integer numbers, then you can generate one "scaling factor" and multiple by that, such as

use Math::GSL::RNG qw/:all/;
my $scale= rand(10);
my $seed = int rand(100);
my $rng  = Math::GSL::RNG->new($gsl_rng_knuthran, $seed );
my ($num,$min,$max) = (10,0,100);
print join "\n", map { $scale*($min + $rng->get % ($max-$min+1))  } (1..$num);
print "\n";

AUTHORS

Jonathan Leto <jonathan@leto.net> and Thierry Moisan <thierry.moisan@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2008 Jonathan Leto and Thierry Moisan

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

cpanm Math::GSL

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Math::GSL