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<div class='docblock'><p>Utilities for random number generation</p>
<p>The key functions are <code>random()</code> and <code>Rng::gen()</code>. These are polymorphic and
so can be used to generate any type that implements <code>Rand</code>. Type inference
means that often a simple call to <code>rand::random()</code> or <code>rng.gen()</code> will
suffice, but sometimes an annotation is required, e.g.
<code>rand::random::&lt;f64&gt;()</code>.</p>
<p>See the <code>distributions</code> submodule for sampling random numbers from
distributions like normal and exponential.</p>
<h1 id="usage" class="section-header"><a href="#usage">Usage</a></h1>
<p>This crate is <a href="https://crates.io/crates/rand">on crates.io</a> and can be
used by adding <code>rand</code> to the dependencies in your project's <code>Cargo.toml</code>.</p>
<pre><code class="language-toml">[dependencies]
rand = &quot;0.4&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>and this to your crate root:</p>

<pre class="rust rust-example-rendered">
<span class="kw">extern</span> <span class="kw">crate</span> <span class="ident">rand</span>;</pre>
<h1 id="thread-local-rng" class="section-header"><a href="#thread-local-rng">Thread-local RNG</a></h1>
<p>There is built-in support for a RNG associated with each thread stored
in thread-local storage. This RNG can be accessed via <code>thread_rng</code>, or
used implicitly via <code>random</code>. This RNG is normally randomly seeded
from an operating-system source of randomness, e.g. <code>/dev/urandom</code> on
Unix systems, and will automatically reseed itself from this source
after generating 32 KiB of random data.</p>
<h1 id="cryptographic-security" class="section-header"><a href="#cryptographic-security">Cryptographic security</a></h1>
<p>An application that requires an entropy source for cryptographic purposes
must use <code>OsRng</code>, which reads randomness from the source that the operating
system provides (e.g. <code>/dev/urandom</code> on Unixes or <code>CryptGenRandom()</code> on
Windows).
The other random number generators provided by this module are not suitable
for such purposes.</p>
<p><em>Note</em>: many Unix systems provide <code>/dev/random</code> as well as <code>/dev/urandom</code>.
This module uses <code>/dev/urandom</code> for the following reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>On Linux, <code>/dev/random</code> may block if entropy pool is empty;
<code>/dev/urandom</code> will not block.  This does not mean that <code>/dev/random</code>
provides better output than <code>/dev/urandom</code>; the kernel internally runs a
cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) based on
entropy pool for random number generation, so the &quot;quality&quot; of
<code>/dev/random</code> is not better than <code>/dev/urandom</code> in most cases.  However,
this means that <code>/dev/urandom</code> can yield somewhat predictable randomness
if the entropy pool is very small, such as immediately after first
booting.  Linux 3.17 added the <code>getrandom(2)</code> system call which solves
the issue: it blocks if entropy pool is not initialized yet, but it does
not block once initialized.  <code>OsRng</code> tries to use <code>getrandom(2)</code> if
available, and use <code>/dev/urandom</code> fallback if not.  If an application
does not have <code>getrandom</code> and likely to be run soon after first booting,
or on a system with very few entropy sources, one should consider using
<code>/dev/random</code> via <code>ReadRng</code>.</li>
<li>On some systems (e.g. FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Mac OS X) there is no
difference between the two sources. (Also note that, on some systems
e.g.  FreeBSD, both <code>/dev/random</code> and <code>/dev/urandom</code> may block once if
the CSPRNG has not seeded yet.)</li>
</ul>
<h1 id="examples" class="section-header"><a href="#examples">Examples</a></h1>
<pre class="rust rust-example-rendered">
<span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">rand</span>::<span class="ident">Rng</span>;

<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">rng</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">rand</span>::<span class="ident">thread_rng</span>();
<span class="kw">if</span> <span class="ident">rng</span>.<span class="ident">gen</span>() { <span class="comment">// random bool</span>
    <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">&quot;i32: {}, u32: {}&quot;</span>, <span class="ident">rng</span>.<span class="ident">gen</span>::<span class="op">&lt;</span><span class="ident">i32</span><span class="op">&gt;</span>(), <span class="ident">rng</span>.<span class="ident">gen</span>::<span class="op">&lt;</span><span class="ident">u32</span><span class="op">&gt;</span>())
}</pre>

<pre class="rust rust-example-rendered">
<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">tuple</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">rand</span>::<span class="ident">random</span>::<span class="op">&lt;</span>(<span class="ident">f64</span>, <span class="ident">char</span>)<span class="op">&gt;</span>();
<span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">&quot;{:?}&quot;</span>, <span class="ident">tuple</span>)</pre>
<h2 id="monte-carlo-estimation-of-π" class="section-header"><a href="#monte-carlo-estimation-of-π">Monte Carlo estimation of π</a></h2>
<p>For this example, imagine we have a square with sides of length 2 and a unit
circle, both centered at the origin. Since the area of a unit circle is π,
we have:</p>
<pre><code class="language-text">    (area of unit circle) / (area of square) = π / 4
</code></pre>
<p>So if we sample many points randomly from the square, roughly π / 4 of them
should be inside the circle.</p>
<p>We can use the above fact to estimate the value of π: pick many points in
the square at random, calculate the fraction that fall within the circle,
and multiply this fraction by 4.</p>

<pre class="rust rust-example-rendered">
<span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">rand</span>::<span class="ident">distributions</span>::{<span class="ident">IndependentSample</span>, <span class="ident">Range</span>};

<span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">main</span>() {
   <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">between</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">Range</span>::<span class="ident">new</span>(<span class="op">-</span><span class="number">1f64</span>, <span class="number">1.</span>);
   <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">rng</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">rand</span>::<span class="ident">thread_rng</span>();

   <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">total</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="number">1_000_000</span>;
   <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">in_circle</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="number">0</span>;

   <span class="kw">for</span> _ <span class="kw">in</span> <span class="number">0</span>..<span class="ident">total</span> {
       <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">a</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">between</span>.<span class="ident">ind_sample</span>(<span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">rng</span>);
       <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">b</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">between</span>.<span class="ident">ind_sample</span>(<span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">rng</span>);
       <span class="kw">if</span> <span class="ident">a</span><span class="kw-2">*</span><span class="ident">a</span> <span class="op">+</span> <span class="ident">b</span><span class="kw-2">*</span><span class="ident">b</span> <span class="op">&lt;=</span> <span class="number">1.</span> {
           <span class="ident">in_circle</span> <span class="op">+=</span> <span class="number">1</span>;
       }
   }

   <span class="comment">// prints something close to 3.14159...</span>
   <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">&quot;{}&quot;</span>, <span class="number">4.</span> <span class="op">*</span> (<span class="ident">in_circle</span> <span class="kw">as</span> <span class="ident">f64</span>) <span class="op">/</span> (<span class="ident">total</span> <span class="kw">as</span> <span class="ident">f64</span>));
}</pre>
<h2 id="monty-hall-problem" class="section-header"><a href="#monty-hall-problem">Monty Hall Problem</a></h2>
<p>This is a simulation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem">Monty Hall Problem</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors:
Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say
No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another
door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, &quot;Do you want to
pick door No. 2?&quot; Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The rather unintuitive answer is that you will have a 2/3 chance of winning
if you switch and a 1/3 chance of winning if you don't, so it's better to
switch.</p>
<p>This program will simulate the game show and with large enough simulation
steps it will indeed confirm that it is better to switch.</p>

<pre class="rust rust-example-rendered">
<span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">rand</span>::<span class="ident">Rng</span>;
<span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">rand</span>::<span class="ident">distributions</span>::{<span class="ident">IndependentSample</span>, <span class="ident">Range</span>};

<span class="kw">struct</span> <span class="ident">SimulationResult</span> {
    <span class="ident">win</span>: <span class="ident">bool</span>,
    <span class="ident">switch</span>: <span class="ident">bool</span>,
}

<span class="comment">// Run a single simulation of the Monty Hall problem.</span>
<span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">simulate</span><span class="op">&lt;</span><span class="ident">R</span>: <span class="ident">Rng</span><span class="op">&gt;</span>(<span class="ident">random_door</span>: <span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="ident">Range</span><span class="op">&lt;</span><span class="ident">u32</span><span class="op">&gt;</span>, <span class="ident">rng</span>: <span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">R</span>)
                    <span class="op">-&gt;</span> <span class="ident">SimulationResult</span> {
    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">car</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">random_door</span>.<span class="ident">ind_sample</span>(<span class="ident">rng</span>);

    <span class="comment">// This is our initial choice</span>
    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">choice</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">random_door</span>.<span class="ident">ind_sample</span>(<span class="ident">rng</span>);

    <span class="comment">// The game host opens a door</span>
    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">open</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">game_host_open</span>(<span class="ident">car</span>, <span class="ident">choice</span>, <span class="ident">rng</span>);

    <span class="comment">// Shall we switch?</span>
    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">switch</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">rng</span>.<span class="ident">gen</span>();
    <span class="kw">if</span> <span class="ident">switch</span> {
        <span class="ident">choice</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">switch_door</span>(<span class="ident">choice</span>, <span class="ident">open</span>);
    }

    <span class="ident">SimulationResult</span> { <span class="ident">win</span>: <span class="ident">choice</span> <span class="op">==</span> <span class="ident">car</span>, <span class="ident">switch</span>: <span class="ident">switch</span> }
}

<span class="comment">// Returns the door the game host opens given our choice and knowledge of</span>
<span class="comment">// where the car is. The game host will never open the door with the car.</span>
<span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">game_host_open</span><span class="op">&lt;</span><span class="ident">R</span>: <span class="ident">Rng</span><span class="op">&gt;</span>(<span class="ident">car</span>: <span class="ident">u32</span>, <span class="ident">choice</span>: <span class="ident">u32</span>, <span class="ident">rng</span>: <span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">R</span>) <span class="op">-&gt;</span> <span class="ident">u32</span> {
    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">choices</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">free_doors</span>(<span class="kw-2">&amp;</span>[<span class="ident">car</span>, <span class="ident">choice</span>]);
    <span class="ident">rand</span>::<span class="ident">seq</span>::<span class="ident">sample_slice</span>(<span class="ident">rng</span>, <span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="ident">choices</span>, <span class="number">1</span>)[<span class="number">0</span>]
}

<span class="comment">// Returns the door we switch to, given our current choice and</span>
<span class="comment">// the open door. There will only be one valid door.</span>
<span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">switch_door</span>(<span class="ident">choice</span>: <span class="ident">u32</span>, <span class="ident">open</span>: <span class="ident">u32</span>) <span class="op">-&gt;</span> <span class="ident">u32</span> {
    <span class="ident">free_doors</span>(<span class="kw-2">&amp;</span>[<span class="ident">choice</span>, <span class="ident">open</span>])[<span class="number">0</span>]
}

<span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">free_doors</span>(<span class="ident">blocked</span>: <span class="kw-2">&amp;</span>[<span class="ident">u32</span>]) <span class="op">-&gt;</span> <span class="ident">Vec</span><span class="op">&lt;</span><span class="ident">u32</span><span class="op">&gt;</span> {
    (<span class="number">0</span>..<span class="number">3</span>).<span class="ident">filter</span>(<span class="op">|</span><span class="ident">x</span><span class="op">|</span> <span class="op">!</span><span class="ident">blocked</span>.<span class="ident">contains</span>(<span class="ident">x</span>)).<span class="ident">collect</span>()
}

<span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">main</span>() {
    <span class="comment">// The estimation will be more accurate with more simulations</span>
    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">num_simulations</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="number">10000</span>;

    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">rng</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">rand</span>::<span class="ident">thread_rng</span>();
    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">random_door</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">Range</span>::<span class="ident">new</span>(<span class="number">0</span>, <span class="number">3</span>);

    <span class="kw">let</span> (<span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">switch_wins</span>, <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">switch_losses</span>) <span class="op">=</span> (<span class="number">0</span>, <span class="number">0</span>);
    <span class="kw">let</span> (<span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">keep_wins</span>, <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">keep_losses</span>) <span class="op">=</span> (<span class="number">0</span>, <span class="number">0</span>);

    <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">&quot;Running {} simulations...&quot;</span>, <span class="ident">num_simulations</span>);
    <span class="kw">for</span> _ <span class="kw">in</span> <span class="number">0</span>..<span class="ident">num_simulations</span> {
        <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">result</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">simulate</span>(<span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="ident">random_door</span>, <span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">rng</span>);

        <span class="kw">match</span> (<span class="ident">result</span>.<span class="ident">win</span>, <span class="ident">result</span>.<span class="ident">switch</span>) {
            (<span class="bool-val">true</span>, <span class="bool-val">true</span>) <span class="op">=&gt;</span> <span class="ident">switch_wins</span> <span class="op">+=</span> <span class="number">1</span>,
            (<span class="bool-val">true</span>, <span class="bool-val">false</span>) <span class="op">=&gt;</span> <span class="ident">keep_wins</span> <span class="op">+=</span> <span class="number">1</span>,
            (<span class="bool-val">false</span>, <span class="bool-val">true</span>) <span class="op">=&gt;</span> <span class="ident">switch_losses</span> <span class="op">+=</span> <span class="number">1</span>,
            (<span class="bool-val">false</span>, <span class="bool-val">false</span>) <span class="op">=&gt;</span> <span class="ident">keep_losses</span> <span class="op">+=</span> <span class="number">1</span>,
        }
    }

    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">total_switches</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">switch_wins</span> <span class="op">+</span> <span class="ident">switch_losses</span>;
    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">total_keeps</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">keep_wins</span> <span class="op">+</span> <span class="ident">keep_losses</span>;

    <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">&quot;Switched door {} times with {} wins and {} losses&quot;</span>,
             <span class="ident">total_switches</span>, <span class="ident">switch_wins</span>, <span class="ident">switch_losses</span>);

    <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">&quot;Kept our choice {} times with {} wins and {} losses&quot;</span>,
             <span class="ident">total_keeps</span>, <span class="ident">keep_wins</span>, <span class="ident">keep_losses</span>);

    <span class="comment">// With a large number of simulations, the values should converge to</span>
    <span class="comment">// 0.667 and 0.333 respectively.</span>
    <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">&quot;Estimated chance to win if we switch: {}&quot;</span>,
             <span class="ident">switch_wins</span> <span class="kw">as</span> <span class="ident">f32</span> <span class="op">/</span> <span class="ident">total_switches</span> <span class="kw">as</span> <span class="ident">f32</span>);
    <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">&quot;Estimated chance to win if we don&#39;t: {}&quot;</span>,
             <span class="ident">keep_wins</span> <span class="kw">as</span> <span class="ident">f32</span> <span class="op">/</span> <span class="ident">total_keeps</span> <span class="kw">as</span> <span class="ident">f32</span>);
}</pre>
</div><h2 id='reexports' class='section-header'><a href="#reexports">Re-exports</a></h2>
<table><tr><td><code>pub use jitter::<a class="struct" href="../rand/jitter/struct.JitterRng.html" title="struct rand::jitter::JitterRng">JitterRng</a>;</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>pub use os::<a class="struct" href="../rand/os/struct.OsRng.html" title="struct rand::os::OsRng">OsRng</a>;</code></td></tr></table><h2 id='modules' class='section-header'><a href="#modules">Modules</a></h2>
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                                  title='mod rand::chacha'>chacha</a></td>
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                                <p>The ChaCha random number generator.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
                       <tr class=' module-item'>
                           <td><a class="mod" href="distributions/index.html"
                                  title='mod rand::distributions'>distributions</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>Sampling from random distributions.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="mod" href="isaac/index.html"
                                  title='mod rand::isaac'>isaac</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>The ISAAC random number generator.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="mod" href="jitter/index.html"
                                  title='mod rand::jitter'>jitter</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>Non-physical true random number generator based on timing jitter.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
                       <tr class=' module-item'>
                           <td><a class="mod" href="os/index.html"
                                  title='mod rand::os'>os</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>Interfaces to the operating system provided random number
generators.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
                       <tr class=' module-item'>
                           <td><a class="mod" href="read/index.html"
                                  title='mod rand::read'>read</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A wrapper around any Read to treat it as an RNG.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="mod" href="reseeding/index.html"
                                  title='mod rand::reseeding'>reseeding</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A wrapper around another RNG that reseeds it after it
generates a certain number of random bytes.</p>

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                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="mod" href="seq/index.html"
                                  title='mod rand::seq'>seq</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>Functions for randomly accessing and sampling sequences.</p>

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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.AsciiGenerator.html"
                                  title='struct rand::AsciiGenerator'>AsciiGenerator</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>Iterator which will continuously generate random ascii characters.</p>

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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.ChaChaRng.html"
                                  title='struct rand::ChaChaRng'>ChaChaRng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A random number generator that uses the ChaCha20 algorithm [1].</p>

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                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.Closed01.html"
                                  title='struct rand::Closed01'>Closed01</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A wrapper for generating floating point numbers uniformly in the
closed interval <code>[0,1]</code> (including both endpoints).</p>

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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.Generator.html"
                                  title='struct rand::Generator'>Generator</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>Iterator which will generate a stream of random items.</p>

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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.Isaac64Rng.html"
                                  title='struct rand::Isaac64Rng'>Isaac64Rng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A random number generator that uses ISAAC-64[1], the 64-bit
variant of the ISAAC algorithm.</p>

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                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.IsaacRng.html"
                                  title='struct rand::IsaacRng'>IsaacRng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A random number generator that uses the ISAAC algorithm[1].</p>

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                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.Open01.html"
                                  title='struct rand::Open01'>Open01</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A wrapper for generating floating point numbers uniformly in the
open interval <code>(0,1)</code> (not including either endpoint).</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.StdRng.html"
                                  title='struct rand::StdRng'>StdRng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>The standard RNG. This is designed to be efficient on the current
platform.</p>

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                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.ThreadRng.html"
                                  title='struct rand::ThreadRng'>ThreadRng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>The thread-local RNG.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
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                           <td><a class="struct" href="struct.XorShiftRng.html"
                                  title='struct rand::XorShiftRng'>XorShiftRng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>An Xorshift[1] random number
generator.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr></table><h2 id='traits' class='section-header'><a href="#traits">Traits</a></h2>
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                       <tr class=' module-item'>
                           <td><a class="trait" href="trait.Rand.html"
                                  title='trait rand::Rand'>Rand</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A type that can be randomly generated using an <code>Rng</code>.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
                       <tr class=' module-item'>
                           <td><a class="trait" href="trait.Rng.html"
                                  title='trait rand::Rng'>Rng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A random number generator.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
                       <tr class=' module-item'>
                           <td><a class="trait" href="trait.SeedableRng.html"
                                  title='trait rand::SeedableRng'>SeedableRng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>A random number generator that can be explicitly seeded to produce
the same stream of randomness multiple times.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr></table><h2 id='functions' class='section-header'><a href="#functions">Functions</a></h2>
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                           <td><a class="fn" href="fn.random.html"
                                  title='fn rand::random'>random</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>Generates a random value using the thread-local random number generator.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
                       <tr class=' module-item'>
                           <td><a class="fn" href="fn.sample.html"
                                  title='fn rand::sample'>sample</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                               [<div class='stab deprecated'>Deprecated</div>] <p>DEPRECATED: use <code>seq::sample_iter</code> instead.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
                       <tr class=' module-item'>
                           <td><a class="fn" href="fn.thread_rng.html"
                                  title='fn rand::thread_rng'>thread_rng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>Retrieve the lazily-initialized thread-local random number
generator, seeded by the system. Intended to be used in method
chaining style, e.g. <code>thread_rng().gen::&lt;i32&gt;()</code>.</p>

                           </td>
                       </tr>
                       <tr class=' module-item'>
                           <td><a class="fn" href="fn.weak_rng.html"
                                  title='fn rand::weak_rng'>weak_rng</a></td>
                           <td class='docblock-short'>
                                <p>Create a weak random number generator with a default algorithm and seed.</p>

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