public class ExtendedRandom : Random

Public Class ExtendedRandom
	Inherits Random

public ref class ExtendedRandom : public Random

type ExtendedRandom =  
    class
        inherit Random
    end

The ExtendedRandom type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	ExtendedRandom	Constructs a new ExtendedRandom object.

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Next	Returns a nonnegative random number. (Inherited from Random.)
	Next(Int32)	Returns a nonnegative random number less than the specified maximum. (Inherited from Random.)
	Next(Int32, Int32)	Returns a random number within a specified range. (Inherited from Random.)
	NextBytes	Fills the elements of a specified array of bytes with random numbers. (Inherited from Random.)
	NextDouble	Returns a random number between 0.0 and 1.0. (Inherited from Random.)
	Restart	Restarts the random number generator using the original seed.
	Restart(Int32)	Restarts the random number generator using the specified seed.
	Sample	Returns a random number between 0.0 and 1.0. (Inherited from Random.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

	Name	Description
	AsParallel	Returns a thread-safe version of this random number generator. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	CorrelatedSamples	Generates a series of random variables with the specified correlation matrix. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(IListDouble)	Overloaded. Fills a Double array with random numbers. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(IListInt32)	Overloaded. Fills an Int32 array with random numbers. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Double, ContinuousDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills a Double array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Int32, DiscreteDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills an Int32 array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(VectorDouble, ContinuousDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills a vector with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(VectorDouble, DiscreteDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills a vector with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(IListDouble, Int32, Int32)	Overloaded. Fills a Double array with random numbers. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(IListInt32, Int32, Int32)	Overloaded. Fills an Int32 array with random numbers. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Double, Int32, Int32, ContinuousDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills a Double array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Int32, Int32, Int32, DiscreteDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills an Int32 array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	FillNormal(IListDouble)	Overloaded. Fills a list with normal random numbers with zero mean and unit standard deviation. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	FillNormal(IListDouble, Int32, Int32)	Overloaded. Fills a list with normal random numbers with zero mean and unit standard deviation. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Next	Returns a sample from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	NextDouble	Returns a sample from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)

Use the ExtendedRandom class to represent a random number generator with more functionality than the Random class supplied with the .NET Framework Base Class Libraries.

In particular, ExtendedRandom provides a Fill(Random, IListDouble) method which allows a sequence of pseudo-random numbers to be generated in one operation.

The Next and NextDouble classes also support generation of random numbers from any distribution.

Numerical Libraries

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