Re: [Boost-users] Boost random not looking so random

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I'm using boost to shuffle an array, but it's not looking as random as I would expect.

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for(unsigned i=0;i<5;i++) { boost::random::uniform_int_distribution<> dist(min,max); const int j = dist(rng); ... code that shuffles stuff using j ... min++; cout<

You may of course be using the results of an uniform distribution in a way that causes the resulting shuffle have some configurations that are more likely than others...

Use std::shuffle from the algorithm header. This stuff is tricky to get right if you write it yourself. Google "Knuth shuffle" for some background. - Rhys