C# random code example

Example 1: c# random

Random rnd = new Random();
for (int ctr = 0; ctr < 10; ctr++) {
   Console.Write("{0,-19:R}   ", rnd.NextDouble());
   if ((ctr + 1) % 3 == 0) Console.WriteLine();
}

// The example displays output like the following:
//    0.7911680553998649    0.0903414949264105    0.79776258291572455
//    0.615568345233597     0.652644504165577     0.84023809378977776
//    0.099662564741290441   0.91341467383942321  0.96018602045261581
//    0.74772306473354022

Example 2: c# random

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Example
{
   static Object randLock, numericLock;
   static Random rand;
   static CancellationTokenSource source;
   double totalValue = 0.0;
   int totalCount = 0;

   public Example()
   {
      rand = new Random();
      randLock = new Object();
      numericLock = new Object();
      source = new CancellationTokenSource();
   }

   public static async Task Main()
   {
      Example ex = new Example();
      Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "Main";
      await ex.Execute();
   }

   private Task Execute()
   {
      List<Task> tasks = new List<Task>();

      for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= 10; ctr++)
      {
         CancellationToken token = source.Token;
         int taskNo = ctr;
         tasks.Add(Task.Run( () =>
            {
               double previous = 0.0;
               int taskCtr = 0;
               double taskTotal = 0.0;
               double result = 0.0;

               for (int n = 0; n < 2000000; n++)
               {
                  // Make sure there's no corruption of Random.
                  token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();

                  lock (randLock) {
                     result = rand.NextDouble();
                  }
                  // Check for corruption of Random instance.
                  if ((result == previous) && result == 0) {
                     source.Cancel();
                  }
                  else {
                     previous = result;
                  }
                  taskCtr++;
                  taskTotal += result;
               }

               // Show result.
               Console.WriteLine("Task {0} finished execution.", taskNo);
               Console.WriteLine("Random numbers generated: {0:N0}", taskCtr);
               Console.WriteLine("Sum of random numbers: {0:N2}", taskTotal);
               Console.WriteLine("Random number mean: {0:N4}\n", taskTotal/taskCtr);

               // Update overall totals.
               lock (numericLock) {
                  totalCount += taskCtr;
                  totalValue += taskTotal;
               }
            },
         token));
      }
      try {
         await Task.WhenAll(tasks.ToArray());
         Console.WriteLine("\nTotal random numbers generated: {0:N0}", totalCount);
         Console.WriteLine("Total sum of all random numbers: {0:N2}", totalValue);
         Console.WriteLine("Random number mean: {0:N4}", totalValue/totalCount);
      }
      catch (AggregateException e) {
         foreach (Exception inner in e.InnerExceptions) {
            TaskCanceledException canc = inner as TaskCanceledException;
            if (canc != null)
               Console.WriteLine("Task #{0} cancelled.", canc.Task.Id);
            else
               Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", inner.GetType().Name);
         }
      }
      finally {
         source.Dispose();
      }
   }
}
// The example displays output like the following:
//       Task 1 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,502.47
//       Random number mean: 0.5003
//
//       Task 0 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,445.63
//       Random number mean: 0.5002
//
//       Task 2 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,556.04
//       Random number mean: 0.5003
//
//       Task 3 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,178.87
//       Random number mean: 0.5001
//
//       Task 4 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,819.17
//       Random number mean: 0.4999
//
//       Task 5 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,190.58
//       Random number mean: 0.5001
//
//       Task 6 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,720.21
//       Random number mean: 0.4999
//
//       Task 7 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,000.96
//       Random number mean: 0.4995
//
//       Task 8 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,499.33
//       Random number mean: 0.4997
//
//       Task 9 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,193.25
//       Random number mean: 0.5001
//
//       Task 10 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,960.82
//       Random number mean: 0.5000
//
//
//       Total random numbers generated: 22,000,000
//       Total sum of all random numbers: 11,000,067.33
//       Random number mean: 0.5000

Example 3: c# random

Random rnd = new Random();
for (int ctr = 1; ctr <= 50; ctr++) {
   Console.Write("{0,3}    ", rnd.Next(1000, 10000));
   if(ctr % 10 == 0) Console.WriteLine();
}

// The example displays output like the following:
//    9570    8979    5770    1606    3818    4735    8495    7196    7070    2313
//    5279    6577    5104    5734    4227    3373    7376    6007    8193    5540
//    7558    3934    3819    7392    1113    7191    6947    4963    9179    7907
//    3391    6667    7269    1838    7317    1981    5154    7377    3297    5320
//    9869    8694    2684    4949    2999    3019    2357    5211    9604    2593

Example 4: c# random

Random rnd = new Random();
for (int ctr = 1; ctr <= 15; ctr++) {
   Console.Write("{0,3}    ", rnd.Next(-10, 11));
   if(ctr % 5 == 0) Console.WriteLine();
}

// The example displays output like the following:
//        -2     -5     -1     -2     10
//        -3      6     -4     -8      3
//        -7     10      5     -2      4

Example 5: c# random

Random rnd = new Random();
for (int ctr = 1; ctr <= 10; ctr++)
   Console.WriteLine(rnd.NextDouble() - 1);

// The example displays output like the following:
//       -0.930412760437658
//       -0.164699016215605
//       -0.9851692803135
//       -0.43468508843085
//       -0.177202483255976
//       -0.776813320245972
//       -0.0713201854710096
//       -0.0912875561468711
//       -0.540621722368813
//       -0.232211863730201

Example 6: c# random

using System;
using System.IO;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      int seed = 100100;
      ShowRandomNumbers(seed);
      Console.WriteLine();

      PersistSeed(seed);

      DisplayNewRandomNumbers();
   }

   private static void ShowRandomNumbers(int seed)
   {
      Random rnd = new Random(seed);
      for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= 20; ctr++)
         Console.WriteLine(rnd.NextDouble());
   }

   private static void PersistSeed(int seed)
   {
      FileStream fs = new FileStream(@".\seed.dat", FileMode.Create);
      BinaryWriter bin = new BinaryWriter(fs);
      bin.Write(seed);
      bin.Close();
   }

   private static void DisplayNewRandomNumbers()
   {
      FileStream fs = new FileStream(@".\seed.dat", FileMode.Open);
      BinaryReader bin = new BinaryReader(fs);
      int seed = bin.ReadInt32();
      bin.Close();

      Random rnd = new Random(seed);
      for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= 20; ctr++)
         Console.WriteLine(rnd.NextDouble());
   }
}
// The example displays output like the following:
//       0.500193602172748
//       0.0209461245783354
//       0.465869495396442
//       0.195512794514891
//       0.928583675496552
//       0.729333720509584
//       0.381455668891527
//       0.0508996467343064
//       0.019261200921266
//       0.258578445417145
//       0.0177532266908107
//       0.983277184415272
//       0.483650274334313
//       0.0219647376900375
//       0.165910115077118
//       0.572085966622497
//       0.805291457942357
//       0.927985211335116
//       0.4228545699375
//       0.523320379910674
//       0.157783938645285
//
//       0.500193602172748
//       0.0209461245783354
//       0.465869495396442
//       0.195512794514891
//       0.928583675496552
//       0.729333720509584
//       0.381455668891527
//       0.0508996467343064
//       0.019261200921266
//       0.258578445417145
//       0.0177532266908107
//       0.983277184415272
//       0.483650274334313
//       0.0219647376900375
//       0.165910115077118
//       0.572085966622497
//       0.805291457942357
//       0.927985211335116
//       0.4228545699375
//       0.523320379910674
//       0.157783938645285

Example 7: c# random

const long ONE_TENTH = 922337203685477581;

Random rnd = new Random();
double number;
int[] count = new int[10];

// Generate 20 million integer values between.
for (int ctr = 1; ctr <= 20000000; ctr++) {
   number = rnd.NextDouble() * Int64.MaxValue;
   // Categorize random numbers into 10 groups.
   count[(int) (number / ONE_TENTH)]++;
}
// Display breakdown by range.
Console.WriteLine("{0,28} {1,32}   {2,7}\n", "Range", "Count", "Pct.");
for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= 9; ctr++)
   Console.WriteLine("{0,25:N0}-{1,25:N0}  {2,8:N0}   {3,7:P2}", ctr * ONE_TENTH,
                      ctr < 9 ? ctr * ONE_TENTH + ONE_TENTH - 1 : Int64.MaxValue,
                      count[ctr], count[ctr]/20000000.0);

// The example displays output like the following:
//                           Range                            Count      Pct.
//
//                            0-  922,337,203,685,477,580  1,996,148    9.98 %
//      922,337,203,685,477,581-1,844,674,407,370,955,161  2,000,293   10.00 %
//    1,844,674,407,370,955,162-2,767,011,611,056,432,742  2,000,094   10.00 %
//    2,767,011,611,056,432,743-3,689,348,814,741,910,323  2,000,159   10.00 %
//    3,689,348,814,741,910,324-4,611,686,018,427,387,904  1,999,552   10.00 %
//    4,611,686,018,427,387,905-5,534,023,222,112,865,485  1,998,248    9.99 %
//    5,534,023,222,112,865,486-6,456,360,425,798,343,066  2,000,696   10.00 %
//    6,456,360,425,798,343,067-7,378,697,629,483,820,647  2,001,637   10.01 %
//    7,378,697,629,483,820,648-8,301,034,833,169,298,228  2,002,870   10.01 %
//    8,301,034,833,169,298,229-9,223,372,036,854,775,807  2,000,303   10.00 %

Example 8: c# random

Random rnd = new Random();
for (int ctr = 0; ctr < 10; ctr++) {
   Console.Write("{0,3}   ", rnd.Next(-10, 11));
}

// The example displays output like the following:
//    2     9    -3     2     4    -7    -3    -8    -8     5

Example 9: c# random

Random rnd = new Random();
Byte[] bytes = new Byte[20];
rnd.NextBytes(bytes);
for (int ctr = 1; ctr <= bytes.Length; ctr++) {
   Console.Write("{0,3}   ", bytes[ctr - 1]);
   if (ctr % 10 == 0) Console.WriteLine();
}

// The example displays output like the following:
//       141    48   189    66   134   212   211    71   161    56
//       181   166   220   133     9   252   222    57    62    62

Example 10: c# random

using System;
using System.Threading;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Instantiating two random number generators...");
      Random rnd1 = new Random();
      Thread.Sleep(2000);
      Random rnd2 = new Random();

      Console.WriteLine("\nThe first random number generator:");
      for (int ctr = 1; ctr <= 10; ctr++)
         Console.WriteLine("   {0}", rnd1.Next());

      Console.WriteLine("\nThe second random number generator:");
      for (int ctr = 1; ctr <= 10; ctr++)
         Console.WriteLine("   {0}", rnd2.Next());
   }
}
// The example displays output like the following:
//       Instantiating two random number generators...
//
//       The first random number generator:
//          643164361
//          1606571630
//          1725607587
//          2138048432
//          496874898
//          1969147632
//          2034533749
//          1840964542
//          412380298
//          47518930
//
//       The second random number generator:
//          1251659083
//          1514185439
//          1465798544
//          517841554
//          1821920222
//          195154223
//          1538948391
//          1548375095
//          546062716
//          897797880