Encapsulating boost :: random for ease of use to replace rand ()

Question

for my program I need pseudo random integers with different ranges. So far I have used the rand () function, but it has limitations.

I found that boost :: random library is a much better replacement, but I did not want to create random generators everywhere.
(I need random integers in many classes because it is stress test software that makes every solution pseudo-random (-> the trial run must be repeated, setting the same seed)).

This is why I missed boost :: random in my class.

The idea behind this is to make it easier to use, so that it is almost as simple as the C ++ rand () method

#include "boost/shared_ptr.hpp"
#include "boost/random.hpp"

class Random{
public:
   typedef boost::shared_ptr< Random > randomPtr;
   typedef boost::mt19937 randomGeneratorType;

   static randomPtr Get(){
      static randomPtr randomGen( new RandomGenerator() );
      return randomGen;
   }

   void SetSeed(int seed){
      randomGenerator.seed( seed );
   }

   int Random( int lowerLimit, int upperLimit ){
   boost::uniform_int<> distribution( lowerLimit, upperLimit );
   boost::variate_generator< randomGeneratorType&, boost::uniform_int<> >
   LimitedInt( randomGenerator , distribution );
   return LimitedInt();
   }

private:
   // prevent creation of more than one object of the LogManager class
   // use the Get() method to get a shared_ptr to the object
  Random():
    randomGenerator() //initialize randomGenerator with default constructor
  {}

  RandomGenerator( const RandomGenerator& orig ){};

  randomGeneratorType randomGenerator;
};

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#include "Random.h"
  Random::Get()->SetSeed( 123123 );  // If you want to make the run repeatable
  int dice = Random::Get()->Random(1,6);

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class Context
{
public:
  typedef boost::mt19937 RandomGeneratorType;

  void SetSeed(int seed){
     rg.seed( seed );
  }

  int Next( int lowerLimit, int upperLimit ) {
    boost::uniform_int<> distribution( lowerLimit, upperLimit );
    boost::variate_generator< randomGeneratorType&, boost::uniform_int<> >
    LimitedInt( rg, distribution );
    return LimitedInt();
  }

private:
  RandomGeneratorType rg;
};

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class Random
{
public:
    typedef boost::mt19937 RandomGeneratorType;

    static void Seed(int seed)
    {
        s_randGen.seed(seed);
    }

    static int NextInt(int min_val, int max_val)
    {
        boost::uniform_int<> distribution(min_val, max_val);boost::variate_generator< randomGeneratorType&, boost::uniform_int<> >
        return LimitedInt( s_randGen , distribution );;
    }
private:
    static RandomGeneratorType s_randGen;
};

Random::RandomGeneratorType Random::s_randGen;

Answer 4

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#include <boost/random.hpp>
#include <ctime>  


int getRandomIntValue(int min, int max)
{
    static boost::minstd_rand gen((unsigned int)std::time(NULL));
    boost::uniform_int<int> dist(min, max);
    boost::variate_generator<
        boost::minstd_rand&,
        boost::uniform_int<int>> combgen(gen, dist);

    return combgen();
}

Answer 5

I would say that it looks great - that way, you can easily replace your arbitrary generation algorithm if you need it.

Answer 6

You can also try something like creating an entity in a container and shuffle them arbitrarily.

void
GenerateRandomString(vector<string>& container,
                     int size_of_string,
                     unsigned long long num_of_records,
                     int thread_id)
{
  srandom(time(0));
  random();
  for(unsigned long long int i=0; i < num_of_records; ++i)
  {
    stringstream str_stream;
    str_stream.clear();
    str_stream << left << setfill('x') << setw(size_of_string-4);
    str_stream << num_of_records+i+1 << "-" << thread_id;
    container.push_back(str_stream.str());
  }
  random_shuffle(container.begin(), container.end());
}