C++ Standard RNG

We provide a C++ client which satisies the concepts of the standard C++ random number engine.

Get the code

The client code is available as part of the OpenQu project. The latest version can also be downloaded from here:

remote_engine.hpp

Dependencies

The code only depends on the C++11 standard library and libCURL. In order to compile only the following flags should be needed

c++ -std=c++11 -lcurl main.cpp

In case the libCURL is not found, you should specify the include and library directories with -I/path/to/libcurl/include and -I/path/to/libcurl/lib, respectively.

Example

Print some random numbers

#include <iostream>
#include "remote_engine.hpp"

int main() {
    openqu::random::remote_engine rng("http://random.openqu.org/api");
    std::cout << "Random number: " << rng() << std::endl;
}

Use with standard distribution

#include <iostream>
#include <random>
#include "remote_engine.hpp"

int main() {
    openqu::random::remote_engine engine("http://random.openqu.org/api");
    std::binomial_distribution<> d(4, 0.5);
    std::cout << "Random number: " << d(engine) << std::endl;
}