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Basic function Rnd() and Calc fuction RAND(): Are they using the same algorithm?

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asked 2020-04-19 20:01:09 +0200

Lupp
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The Calc function RAND() seems to use a common Mersenne twister (Mersenne prime 2^19937−1 ?)
Is this correct?
Is the Basic function Rnd() based on the same algorithm?

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It looks the same to me. Basic is here: https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref... Calc is here: https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref... which uses https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref... std::mt19937 std::uniform_real_distribution

Regina ( 2020-04-20 00:54:21 +0200 )edit

Regina: please re-post as the correct answer! :-)

Mike Kaganski ( 2020-04-22 08:30:17 +0200 )edit

Thanks! I still am perfectly inapt to get such findings myself.

Lupp ( 2020-04-22 13:34:45 +0200 )edit

'inept' ...

mikepfarmer@hotmail.com ( 2020-06-25 08:49:07 +0200 )edit

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answered 2020-04-22 14:56:01 +0200

Regina

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updated 2020-04-22 14:56:36 +0200

It looks the same to me.

Basic is here: https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref...
Calc is here: https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref... which uses https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref...
Both using std::mt19937 and std::uniform_real_distribution.

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