UniformRNG.h

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#ifndef CUNIFORMRNG_H
#define CUNIFORMRNG_H

#include "GeneralRNG.h"
#include <boost/random/lagged_fibonacci.hpp>
#include <boost/random/uniform_01.hpp>
#include <boost/random/variate_generator.hpp>

//! Generate uniformly distributed random numbers, this is basically a wrapper for the boost random number generators, that is a little easier to use
class UniformRNG : public GeneralRNG
  {
private:
  boost::lagged_fibonacci607 generator;
  boost::uniform_01<boost::lagged_fibonacci607> real_dist;
  //boost::variate_generator<boost::lagged_fibonacci607&, boost::uniform_01 > real_rand;
public:
  //! return float between low and high
  float GetNumber(const float low, const float high);
  // returns float between 0 and 1 
  virtual float GetNumber();
  // return integer between 0 and max-1
  virtual unsigned int GetNumber(const unsigned int max);
  UniformRNG();
  virtual ~UniformRNG();
  };

#endif // CUNIFORMRNG_H

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