Generating very large random numbers java
Well, one way is to go to Random.org and download a one of the binary random files. The files are generated from atmospheric noise, so it's very random. I used it for Zobrist keys in my chess engine.
Alternatively you could go
BigInteger b = new BigInteger(256, new Random());
which will give you what you want. In this example, a BigInteger consisting of 256 bits.
Combine Random.nextBytes(byte[])
with BigInteger(byte[])
.
import java.util.*;
import java.math.*;
class Test{
public static void main(String[]_){
int n = 16;
Random r = new Random();
byte[] b = new byte[n];
r.nextBytes(b);
BigInteger i = new BigInteger(b);
System.out.println(i);
}
}