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SHLOMIF / Math-RNG-Microsoft-0.0.3 / lib / Math / RNG / Microsoft.pm 
package Math::RNG::Microsoft;

use 5.006;
use strict;
use warnings;


our $VERSION = '0.0.3';



use integer;

use Class::XSAccessor {
    constructor => 'new',
    accessors => [qw(seed)],
};

sub rand
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self->seed(($self->seed() * 214013 + 2531011) & (0x7FFF_FFFF));
    return (($self->seed >> 16) & 0x7fff);
}

sub max_rand
{
    my ($self, $max) = @_;

    return ($self->rand() % $max);
}

sub shuffle
{
    my ($self, $deck) = @_;

    if (@$deck)
    {
        my $i = @$deck;
        while (--$i) {
            my $j = $self->max_rand($i+1);
            @$deck[$i,$j] = @$deck[$j,$i];
        }
    }

    return $deck;
}


1; # End of Math::RNG::Microsoft

__END__

=pod

=head1 NAME

Math::RNG::Microsoft - a pseudo-random number generator compatible
with Visual C.

=head1 VERSION

version 0.0.3

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Math::RNG::Microsoft;

    my $randomizer = Math::RNG::Microsoft->new(seed => 24);

    my $random_digit = $randomizer->rand_max(10);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This is a random number generator used by L<Games::ABC_Path::Generator>, which
emulates the one found in Microsoft's Visual C++. It was utilised here, out
of familiarity and accessibility, because it is commonly used to generate
Freecell layouts in the Freecell world (see
L<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeCell_%28Windows%29> ).

B<NOTE:> This is not a cryptologically secure random number generator,
nor is it a particularly good one, so its use is discouraged unless
compatibility with the Windows C Run-time-library is needed.

=head1 VERSION

Version 0.0.3

=head1 SUBROUTINES/METHODS

=head2 new

The constructor. Accepts a numeric seed as an argument.

    my $randomizer = Math::RNG::Microsoft->new(seed => 1);

=head2 $randomizer->rand()

Returns a random integer from 0 up to 0x7fff - 1.

    my $n = $randomizer->rand()

=head2 $randomizer->max_rand($max)

Returns a random integer in the range 0 to ($max-1).

    my $n = $randomizer->max_rand($max);
    # $n is now between 0 and $max - 1.

=head2 $randomizer->seed($seed)

Can be used to re-assign the seed of the randomizer (though not recommended).

=head2 my $array_ref = $randomizer->shuffle(\@array)

Shuffles the array reference of the first argument, B<destroys it> and returns
it. This is using the fisher-yates shuffle.

=head1 AUTHOR

Shlomi Fish <shlomif@cpan.org>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2013 by Shlomi Fish.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The MIT (X11) License

=head1 BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Math-RNG-Microsoft or by email to
bug-math-rng-microsoft@rt.cpan.org.

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a
patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired
feature.

=for :stopwords cpan testmatrix url annocpan anno bugtracker rt cpants kwalitee diff irc mailto metadata placeholders metacpan

=head1 SUPPORT

=head2 Perldoc

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

  perldoc Math::RNG::Microsoft

=head2 Websites

The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always,
in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

=over 4

=item *

MetaCPAN

A modern, open-source CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

L<http://metacpan.org/release/Math-RNG-Microsoft>

=item *

Search CPAN

The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-RNG-Microsoft>

=item *

RT: CPAN's Bug Tracker

The RT ( Request Tracker ) website is the default bug/issue tracking system for CPAN.

L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Math-RNG-Microsoft>

=item *

AnnoCPAN

The AnnoCPAN is a website that allows community annotations of Perl module documentation.

L<http://annocpan.org/dist/Math-RNG-Microsoft>

=item *

CPAN Ratings

The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and reviews of Perl modules.

L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Math-RNG-Microsoft>

=item *

CPAN Forum

The CPAN Forum is a web forum for discussing Perl modules.

L<http://cpanforum.com/dist/Math-RNG-Microsoft>

=item *

CPANTS

The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics ) of a distribution.

L<http://cpants.perl.org/dist/overview/Math-RNG-Microsoft>

=item *

CPAN Testers

The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on uploaded CPAN distributions.

L<http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/M/Math-RNG-Microsoft>

=item *

CPAN Testers Matrix

The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview of the test results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.

L<http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Math-RNG-Microsoft>

=item *

CPAN Testers Dependencies

The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the test results of all dependencies for a distribution.

L<http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Math::RNG::Microsoft>

=back

=head2 Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to C<bug-math-rng-microsoft at rt.cpan.org>, or through
the web interface at L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Math-RNG-Microsoft>. You will be automatically notified of any
progress on the request by the system.

=head2 Source Code

The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play
with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull
from your repository :)

L<http://bitbucket.org/shlomif/abc-path>

  hg clone ssh://hg@bitbucket.org/shlomif/abc-path

=cut