Special simple random number generator
- by psihodelia
How to create a function, which on every call generates a random integer number? This number must be most random as possible (according to uniform distribution). It is only allowed to use one static variable and at most 3 elementary steps, where each step consists of only one basic arithmetic operation of arity 1 or 2.
Example:
int myrandom(void){
static int x;
x = some_step1;
x = some_step2;
x = some_step3;
return x;
}
Basic arithmetic operations are +,-,%,and, not, xor, or, left shift, right shift, multiplication and division. Of course, no rand(), random() or similar staff is allowed.
