Re: [boost] How to generate a Bernuolli number

Subject: Re: [boost] How to generate a Bernuolli number
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-30 21:52:46

AMDG

Barco You wrote:
> Hi Mathias,
>
> I did as you instructed.
>
> double p = 0.5;
>
> boost::mt19937 rng;
> boost::bernoulli_distribution<
>   
>>> d(p);
>>>       
>> boost::variate_generator<
>>    boost::mt19937&,
>>    boost::bernoulli_distribution<> > g(rng, d);
>>
>> double x = g();
>>     
>
>
>
> But I got always 0 for x, why?
>
>   

Did you try calling g() multiple times?
The default constructor of boost::mt19937
puts it in a fixed state, so the sequence of
numbers which it generates will always be
the same.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe