std::piecewise_constant_distribution

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Defined in header `<random>`

template< class RealType = double > class piecewise_constant_distribution;		(since C++11)

std::piecewise_constant_distribution produces random floating-point numbers, which are uniformly distributed within each of the several subintervals $[b i, b i+1)$ , each with its own weight $w i$ . The set of interval boundaries and the set of weights are the parameters of this distribution.

The probability density for any

b i \leqx<b i+1

is

w k S (b i+1 - b i)

. where

S

is the sum of all weights.


(constructor)	constructs new distribution (public member function)

reset	resets the internal state of the distribution (public member function)
Generation

operator()	generates the next random number in the distribution (public member function)
Characteristics

intervals	obtains the list of interval boundaries (public member function)

densities	obtains the list of probability densities (public member function)

param	gets or sets the distribution parameter object (public member function)

min	returns the minimum potentially generated value (public member function)

max	returns the maximum potentially generated value (public member function)

[edit] Non-member functions


operator== operator!=	compares two distribution objects (function)

operator<< operator>>	performs stream input and output on pseudo-random number distribution (function)

[edit] Example

run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <random>
 
int main()
{
    std::random_device rd;
    std::mt19937 gen(rd());
    // 50% of the time, generate a random number between 0 and 1
    // 50% of the time, generate a random number between 10 and 15
    std::vector<double> i{0,  1, 10, 15};
    std::vector<double> w{  1,  0,  1};
    std::piecewise_constant_distribution<> d(i.begin(), i.end(), w.begin());
 
    std::map<int, int> hist;
    for(int n=0; n<10000; ++n) {
        ++hist[d(gen)];
    }
    for(auto p : hist) {
        std::cout << p.first << ' ' << std::string(p.second/100, '*') << '\n';
    }
}

Output:

0 **************************************************
10 **********
11 *********
12 *********
13 **********
14 *********

Language
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Concepts
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Strings library
Containers library
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Input/output library
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Regular expressions library (C++11)
Atomic operations library (C++11)
Thread support library (C++11)


Member type	Definition

`result_type`	RealType

`param_type`	the type of the parameter set, unspecified

std::piecewise_constant_distribution

Contents

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Generation

Characteristics

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[edit] Example