Re: float and random number generator

[Jim Bauer <jfbauer@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday 07 June 2004 09:23, aksingh@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Thanks Sven, but would a & not be better than a % to get a value
> between 0 and my max value, i.e i can do a (get_random_bytes_returned
> & max_value). Does this in anyway reduce randomnness ?
> Any suggestions are welcome.

Unless your 'max_value' is always something like (2^n)-1 you'll have a 
lot less randomness -- potentially only 1-bit worth.



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