ToolShed.System.Random

AUTHOR

Dr. Alistair Ward

DESCRIPTION

Utilities related to random-numbers.

Functions

randomGens :: RandomGen randomGen => randomGen -> [randomGen]

Constructs an infinite list of independent random-generators.

shuffle :: RandomGen randomGen => randomGen -> [a] -> [a]

• Shuffles the specified finite list, using the Fisher-Yates algorithm; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher-Yates_shuffle.
• The resulting list has the same length and constituents as the original; only the order has changed.
• The input list is traversed, but the items aren't evaluated.

generateSelection :: RandomGen randomGen => randomGen -> [a] -> [a]

• Generate an infinite list of items, each independently randomly selected from the specified finite list.
• CAVEAT: because the selections are made non-destructively, duplicates may be returned; cf. shuffle.

generateSelectionFromBounded :: (RandomGen randomGen, Bounded a, Random a) => randomGen -> [a]

• Generate an infinite list of data, each independently selected random instances of the specified bounded type.
• E.g. (generateSelectionFromBounded fmap System.Random.getStdGen) :: IO [Bool] .

select :: RandomGen randomGen => randomGen -> [a] -> a

Return a randomly selected element from the specified list.