How do I generate a random array of numbers?
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Using java.util.Random class we can create random data such as boolean, integer, floats, double. First you'll need to create an instance of the Random class. This class have some next***() method that can randomly create the data.
For an example to create random number using the Math.random() method see e81. How do I create random number?.
package org.kodejava.example.util; import java.util.Random; public class RandomDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { Random r = new Random(); // generate some random boolean values boolean[] booleans = new boolean[10]; for (int i = 0; i < booleans.length; i++) { booleans[i] = r.nextBoolean(); } for (boolean b : booleans) { System.out.print(b + ", "); } System.out.println(""); // generate a uniformly distributed int random numbers int[] integers = new int[10]; for (int i = 0; i < integers.length; i++) { integers[i] = r.nextInt(); } for (int i : integers) { System.out.print(i + ", "); } System.out.println(""); // generate a uniformly distributed float random numbers float[] floats = new float[10]; for (int i = 0; i < floats.length; i++) { floats[i] = r.nextFloat(); } for (float f : floats) { System.out.print(f + ", "); } System.out.println(""); // generate a Gaussian normally distributed random numbers double[] gaussians = new double[10]; for (int i = 0; i < gaussians.length; i++) { gaussians[i] = r.nextGaussian(); } for (double d : gaussians) { System.out.print(d + ", "); } } } |
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