Randomizer.cpp

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// SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
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// Headers
#include <SFML/System/Randomizer.hpp>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
 
 
namespace
{
    // Set the random numbers sequence seed with the current system time, so that it is always different
    unsigned int SetRandomSeed()
    {
        unsigned int Seed = static_cast<unsigned int>(time(NULL));
        srand(Seed);
        return Seed;
    }
}
 
 
namespace sf
{
// Static member variables
unsigned int Randomizer::ourSeed = SetRandomSeed();
 

void Randomizer::SetSeed(unsigned int Seed)
{
    srand(Seed);
    ourSeed = Seed;
}
 

unsigned int Randomizer::GetSeed()
{
    return ourSeed;
}
 

float Randomizer::Random(float Begin, float End)
{
    // This is not the best algorithm, but it is fast and will be enough in most cases
    // (see Google for best approaches)
 
    return static_cast<float>(rand()) / RAND_MAX * (End - Begin) + Begin;
}
 

int Randomizer::Random(int Begin, int End)
{
    // This is not the best algorithm, but it is fast and will be enough in most cases
    // (see Google for best approaches)
 
    return rand() % (End - Begin + 1) + Begin;
}
 
} // namespace sf