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6.117 Random
- Defined in namespace Smalltalk
- Category: Streams
- My instances are generator streams that produce random numbers, which are
floating point values between 0 and 1.
6.117.1 Random class: instance creation
- new
- Create a new random number generator whose seed is given by the current time on the millisecond clock
- seed: aFloat
- Create a new random number generator whose seed is aFloat
6.117.2 Random: basic
- atEnd
- This stream never ends. Always answer false
- next
- Return the next random number in the sequence
- nextPut: value
- This method should not be called for instances of this class.
6.117.3 Random: testing
- chiSquare
- returns under Pentium II, NT 4.0, 93.0
- chiSquare: n range: r
- Return the chi-square deduced from calculating n random numbers in the 0..r range
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