random.number.generator

this was one of the harder tasks, (for me atleast)

what i learned

i had to understand how the random num generator works in general and smthing called the
LCG (a stupi- uh.. i mean clever formula)

how i built it

since i couldn't find any useful youtube videos, i turned to google for the code and asked chatgpt to explain how it works. Here's the main function

long a = 25214903917;   // These Values for a and c are the actual values found
long c = 11;            // in the implementation of java.util.Random()
long previous = 0;

void rseed(long seed) {
    previous = seed;
}

long rand() {
    long r = a * previous + c;
    previous = r;
    return r;
}

Built With

• java