std:: uniform_int_distribution

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

Produces random integer values i , uniformly distributed on the closed interval [a, b] , that is, distributed according to the discrete probability function

P(i|a,b) =
1
b − a + 1
.

std::uniform_int_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
(C++11)
returns the distribution parameters
(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

This program simulates throwing 6-sided dice .

#include <iostream>
#include <random>
 
int main()
{
    std::random_device rd;  // a seed source for the random number engine
    std::mt19937 gen(rd()); // mersenne_twister_engine seeded with rd()
    std::uniform_int_distribution<> distrib(1, 6);
 
    // Use distrib to transform the random unsigned int
    // generated by gen into an int in [1, 6]
    for (int n = 0; n != 10; ++n)
        std::cout << distrib(gen) << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}

Possible output:

1 1 6 5 2 2 5 5 6 2