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  28 <a name="boost_random"></a>Chapter&#160;24.&#160;Boost.Random</h2></div>
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  30 <span class="firstname">Jens</span> <span class="surname">Maurer</span>
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  32 <div><p class="copyright">Copyright &#169; 2000-2005 Jens Maurer</p></div>
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  47 <dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_random/tutorial.html#boost_random.tutorial.generating_integers_in_a_range">Generating
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  71       Random numbers are useful in a variety of applications. The Boost Random Number
  72       Library (Boost.Random for short) provides a variety of <a class="link" href="boost_random/reference.html#boost_random.reference.generators" title="Generators">generators</a>
  73       and <a class="link" href="boost_random/reference.html#boost_random.reference.distributions" title="Distributions">distributions</a>
  74       to produce random numbers having useful properties, such as uniform distribution.
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  77       You should read the <a class="link" href="boost_random/reference.html#boost_random.reference.concepts" title="Concepts">concepts
  78       documentation</a> for an introduction and the definition of the basic concepts.
  79       For a quick start, it may be sufficient to have a look at <a href="../../libs/random/example/random_demo.cpp" target="_top">random_demo.cpp</a>.
  80     </p>
  81 <p>
  82       For a very quick start, here's an example:
  83     </p>
  84 <pre class="programlisting"><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/random/mt19937.html" title="Type definition mt19937">boost::random::mt19937</a></code> <span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">;</span>         <span class="comment">// produces randomness out of thin air</span>
  85                                     <span class="comment">// see pseudo-random number generators</span>
  86 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/random/uniform_int_distribution.html" title="Class template uniform_int_distribution">boost::random::uniform_int_distribution</a></code>&lt;&gt; <span class="identifier">six</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">6</span><span class="special">);</span>
  87                                     <span class="comment">// distribution that maps to 1..6</span>
  88                                     <span class="comment">// see random number distributions</span>
  89 <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">six</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">);</span>                   <span class="comment">// simulate rolling a die</span>
  90 </pre>
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