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A simple O(M)-space and O(N+M)-time algorithm for generating M unique pseudorandom numbers in the range [0, N) in C.
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#include <stdint.h> | |
#include <stdlib.h> | |
uint64_t *uniq_rand(uint64_t m, uint64_t n) { | |
uint64_t *vs, im, in, rm, rn, rim, tmp; | |
vs = malloc(m * sizeof(uint64_t)); | |
// Knuth algorithm | |
for (im = 0, in = 0; im < m && in < n; in++) { | |
rm = m - im; | |
rn = n - in; | |
if (rand() % rn < rm) { | |
vs[im] = in; | |
im++; | |
} | |
} | |
// Fisher-Yates algorithm | |
for (im = 0; im < m; im++) { | |
rim = rand() % m; | |
tmp = vs[im]; | |
vs[im] = vs[rim]; | |
vs[rim] = tmp; | |
} | |
return vs; | |
} |
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