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NAME

Games::ABC_Path::MicrosoftRand - a pseudo-random number generator compatible with Visual C.

VERSION

version 0.4.2

SYNOPSIS

use Games::ABC_Path::MicrosoftRand;

my $randomizer = Games::ABC_Path::MicrosoftRand->new(seed => 24);

my $random_digit = $randomizer->rand_max(10);

DESCRIPTION

This is a random number generator used by Games::ABC_Path::Generator, which emulates the one found in Microsoft's Visual C++. It was utilised here, out of familiarity and accessibility, because it is commonly used to generate Freecell layouts in the Freecell world (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeCell_%28Windows%29 ).

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

The constructor. Accepts a numeric seed as an argument.

my $randomizer = Games::ABC_Path::MicrosoftRand->new(seed => 1);

$randomizer->rand()

Returns a random integer from 0 up to 0x7fff - 1.

my $n = $randomizer->rand()

$randomizer->max_rand($max)

Returns a random integer in the range 0 to ($max-1).

my $n = $randomizer->max_rand($max);
# $n is now between 0 and $max - 1.

$randomizer->seed($seed)

Can be used to re-assign the seed of the randomizer (though not recommended).

my $array_ref = $randomizer->shuffle(\@array)

Shuffles the array reference of the first argument, destroys it and returns it. This is using the fisher-yates shuffle.

AUTHOR

Shlomi Fish, http://www.shlomifish.org/ .

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-games-abc_path-generator at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Games-ABC_Path-Generator. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Games::ABC_Path::MicrosoftRand

You can also look for information at:

AUTHOR

Shlomi Fish <shlomif@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2019 by Shlomi Fish.

This is free software, licensed under:

The MIT (X11) License

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/shlomif/abc-path/issues

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SUPPORT

Perldoc

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Games::ABC_Path::MicrosoftRand

Websites

The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to bug-games-abc_path-generator at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Games-ABC_Path-Generator. You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.

Source Code

The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :)

https://github.com/shlomif/abc-path

git clone https://github.com/shlomif/abc-path