# # # Nim's Runtime Library # (c) Copyright 2017 Andreas Rumpf # # See the file "copying.txt", included in this # distribution, for details about the copyright. # ## Nim's standard random number generator. Based on ## the ``xoroshiro128+`` (xor/rotate/shift/rotate) library. ## * More information: http://xoroshiro.di.unimi.it/ ## * C implementation: http://xoroshiro.di.unimi.it/xoroshiro128plus.c ## ## **Do not use this module for cryptographic purposes!** include "system/inclrtl" {.push debugger:off.} when defined(JS): type ui = uint32 const randMax = 4_294_967_295u32 else: type ui = uint64 const randMax = 18_446_744_073_709_551_615u64 type Rand* = object ## State of the random number generator. ## The procs that use the default state ## are **not** thread-safe! a0, a1: ui when defined(JS): var state = Rand( a0: 0x69B4C98Cu32, a1: 0xFED1DD30u32) # global for backwards compatibility else: # racy for multi-threading but good enough for now: var state = Rand( a0: 0x69B4C98CB8530805u64, a1: 0xFED1DD3004688D67CAu64) # global for backwards compatibility proc rotl(x, k: ui): ui = result = (x shl k) or (x shr (ui(64) - k)) proc next*(r: var Rand): uint64 = ## Uses the state to compute a new ``uint64`` random number. let s0 = r.a0 var s1 = r.a1 result = s0 + s1 s1 = s1 xor s0 r.a0 = rotl(s0, 55) xor s1 xor (s1 shl 14) # a, b r.a1 = rotl(s1, 36) # c proc skipRandomNumbers*(s: var Rand) = ## This is the jump function for the generator. It is equivalent ## to 2^64 calls to next(); it can be used to generate 2^64 ## non-overlapping subsequences for parallel computations. when defined(JS): const helper = [0xbeac0467u32, 0xd86b048bu32] else: const helper = [0xbeac0467eba5facbu64, 0xd86b048b86aa9922u64] var s0 = ui 0 s1 = ui 0 for i in 0..high(helper): for b in 0..< 64: if (helper[i] and (ui(1) shl ui(b))) != 0: s0 = s0 xor s.a0 s1 = s1 xor s.a1 discard next(s) s.a0 = s0 s.a1 = s1 proc random*(max: int): int {.benign, deprecated.} = ## Returns a random number in the range 0..max-1. The sequence of ## random number is always the same, unless `randomize` is called ## which initializes the random number generator with a "random" ## number, i.e. a tickcount. **Deprecated since version 0.18.0**. ## Use ``rand`` instead. while true: let x = next(state) if x < randMax - (randMax mod ui(max)): return int(x mod uint64(max)) proc random*(max: float): float {.benign, deprecated.} = ## Returns a random number in the range 0..<max. The sequence of ## random number is always the same, unless `randomize` is called ## which initializes the random number generator with a "random" ## number, i.e. a tickcount. **Deprecated since version 0.18.0**. ## Use ``rand`` instead. let x = next(state) when defined(JS): result = (float(x) / float(high(uint32))) * max else: let u = (0x3FFu64 shl 52u64) or (x shr 12u64) result = (cast[float](u) - 1.0) * max proc random*[T](x: HSlice[T, T]): T {.deprecated.} = ## For a slice `a .. b` returns a value in the range `a .. b-1`. ## **Deprecated since version 0.18.0**. ## Use ``rand`` instead. result = T(random(x.b - x.a)) + x.a proc random*[T](a: openArray[T]): T {.deprecated.} = ## returns a random element from the openarray `a`. ## **Deprecated since version 0.18.0**. ## Use ``rand`` instead. result = a[random(a.low..a.len)] proc rand*(r: var Rand; max: int): int {.benign.} = ## Returns a random number in the range 0..max. The sequence of ## random number is always the same, unless `randomize` is called ## which initializes the random number generator with a "random" ## number, i.e. a tickcount. if max == 0: return while true: let x = next(r) if x <= randMax - (randMax mod ui(max)): return int(x mod (uint64(max)+1u64)) proc rand*(max: int): int {.benign.} = ## Returns a random number in the range 0..max. The sequence of ## random number is always the same, unless `randomize` is called ## which initializes the random number generator with a "random" ## number, i.e. a tickcount. rand(state, max) proc rand*(r: var Rand; max: float): float {.benign.} = ## Returns a random number in the range 0..max. The sequence of ## random number is always the same, unless `randomize` is called ## which initializes the random number generator with a "random" ## number, i.e. a tickcount. let x = next(r) when defined(JS): result = (float(x) / float(high(uint32))) * max else: let u = (0x3FFu64 shl 52u64) or (x shr 12u64) result = (cast[float](u) - 1.0) * max proc rand*(max: float): float {.benign.} = ## Returns a random number in the range 0..max. The sequence of ## random number is always the same, unless `randomize` is called ## which initializes the random number generator with a "random" ## number, i.e. a tickcount. rand(state, max) proc rand*[T](r: var Rand; x: HSlice[T, T]): T = ## For a slice `a .. b` returns a value in the range `a .. b`. result = T(rand(r, x.b - x.a)) + x.a proc rand*[T](x: HSlice[T, T]): T = ## For a slice `a .. b` returns a value in the range `a .. b`. result = rand(state, x) proc rand*[T](r: var Rand; a: openArray[T]): T = ## returns a random element from the openarray `a`. result = a[rand(r, a.low..a.high)] proc rand*[T](a: openArray[T]): T = ## returns a random element from the openarray `a`. result = a[rand(a.low..a.high)] proc initRand*(seed: int64): Rand = ## Creates a new ``Rand`` state from ``seed``. result.a0 = ui(seed shr 16) result.a1 = ui(seed and 0xffff) discard next(result) proc randomize*(seed: int64) {.benign.} = ## Initializes the default random number generator ## with a specific seed. state = initRand(seed) proc shuffle*[T](r: var Rand; x: var openArray[T]) = ## Swaps the positions of elements in a sequence randomly. for i in countdown(x.high, 1): let j = r.rand(i) swap(x[i], x[j]) proc shuffle*[T](x: var openArray[T]) = ## Swaps the positions of elements in a sequence randomly. shuffle(state, x) when not defined(nimscript): import times proc randomize*() {.benign.} = ## Initializes the random number generator with a "random" ## number, i.e. a tickcount. Note: Does not work for NimScript. let now = times.getTime() randomize(convert(Seconds, Nanoseconds, now.toUnix) + now.nanoseconds) {.pop.} when isMainModule: proc main = var occur: array[1000, int] var x = 8234 for i in 0..100_000: x = rand(high(occur)) inc occur[x] for i, oc in occur: if oc < 69: doAssert false, "too few occurrences of " & $i elif oc > 150: doAssert false, "too many occurrences of " & $i var a = [0, 1] shuffle(a) doAssert a[0] == 1 doAssert a[1] == 0 doAssert rand(0) == 0 doAssert rand("a") == 'a' main()