On Sep 18, 5:45 pm, eSKay <catchyouraak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> okay now I get it.
>
> but then
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> int i;
> do
> {
> i = 5 * (rand5() - 1) + rand5(); // i is now uniformly random
> between 1 and 25
>
> } while(i > 7);
>
> return i;
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> should be fine. isn't it??
>
Sure. It just wastes more random numbers than it needs to, which
slows it down.
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