std:: discrete_distribution

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Defined in header <random>
template < class IntType = int >
class discrete_distribution ;
(since C++11)

std::discrete_distribution produces random integers on the interval [ 0 , n ) , where the probability of each individual integer i is defined as w i /S , that is the weight of the i th integer divided by the sum of all n weights.

std::discrete_distribution satisfies all requirements of RandomNumberDistribution .

Template parameters

IntType - The result type generated by the generator. The effect is undefined if this is not one of short , int , long , long long , unsigned short , unsigned int , unsigned long , or unsigned long long .

Member types

Member type Definition
result_type (C++11) IntType
param_type (C++11) the type of the parameter set, see RandomNumberDistribution .

Member functions

constructs new distribution
(public member function)
(C++11)
resets the internal state of the distribution
(public member function)
Generation
(C++11)
generates the next random number in the distribution
(public member function)
Characteristics
obtains the list of probabilities
(public member function)
(C++11)
gets or sets the distribution parameter object
(public member function)
(C++11)
returns the minimum potentially generated value
(public member function)
(C++11)
returns the maximum potentially generated value
(public member function)

Non-member functions

(C++11) (C++11) (removed in C++20)
compares two distribution objects
(function)
performs stream input and output on pseudo-random number distribution
(function template)

Example

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <random>
 
int main()
{
    std::random_device rd;
    std::mt19937 gen(rd());
    std::discrete_distribution<> d({40, 10, 10, 40});
    std::map<int, int> map;
 
    for (int n = 0; n < 1e4; ++n)
        ++map[d(gen)];
 
    for (const auto& [num, count] : map)
        std::cout << num << " generated " << std::setw(4) << count << " times\n";
}

Possible output:

0 generated 4037 times
1 generated  962 times
2 generated 1030 times
3 generated 3971 times