/***************************************************************************/ /* ____Demonstrates the use of spawn_sprng____ */ /* A random number stream is initialized and a few random numbers are */ /* printed. Then two streams are spawned and a few numbers from one of them*/ /* is printed. */ /***************************************************************************/ #include /* Uncomment the following line to get the interface with pointer checking */ /*#define CHECK_POINTERS */ #include "sprng.h" /* SPRNG header file */ #define SEED 985456376 main() { int streamnum, nstreams, *stream, **new; double rn; int i, irn, nspawned; int gtype; /*--- */ /*--- reading in a generator type */ /* You may not need this. This is for generator type explanation. *******/ #include "gen_types_menu.h" printf("Type in an integer for the generator type: "); scanf("%d", >ype); /****************** Initialization values *******************************/ streamnum = 0; nstreams = 1; /************** initialize stream ***************************************/ stream = init_sprng(gtype,streamnum,nstreams,SEED,SPRNG_DEFAULT); printf(" Print information about stream:\n"); print_sprng(stream); /*********************** print random numbers ***************************/ printf(" Printing 2 random numbers in [0,1):\n"); for (i=0;i<2;i++) { rn = sprng(stream); /* generate double precision random number*/ printf("%f\n", rn); } /**************************** spawn streams *****************************/ printf(" Spawned two streams\n"); nspawned = 2; nspawned = spawn_sprng(stream,2,&new); /* spawn 2 streams */ if(nspawned != 2) { fprintf(stderr,"Error: only %d streams spawned\n", nspawned); exit(1); } printf(" Information on first spawned stream:\n"); print_sprng(new[0]); printf(" Information on second spawned stream:\n"); print_sprng(new[1]); printf(" Printing 2 random numbers from second spawned stream:\n"); for (i=0;i<2;i++) { rn = sprng(new[1]); /* generate a random number */ printf("%f\n", rn); } /*************************** free memory ********************************/ free_sprng(stream); /* free memory used to store stream state */ free_sprng(new[0]); /* free memory used to store stream state */ free_sprng(new[1]); /* free memory used to store stream state */ free(new); }