Random number generator in range of (min,max) in linear_congruential_engine

Author: GothamK

tests/src/random-gen.cpp

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+
+// Random number generator in range of (min,max)
+// in linear_congruential_engine
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <random>
+using namespace std;
+ 
+// driver program
+int main ()
+{
+ 
+    // finds the time between the system clock
+    //(present time) and clock's epoch
+    unsigned seed = chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
+     
+    // minstd_rand0 is a standard
+    // linear_congruential_engine
+    minstd_rand0 generator (seed);
+     
+    // generates the random number
+    cout << generator() << " is a random number between ";
+     
+    //use of min and max functions
+    cout << generator.min() << " and " << generator.max();
+     
+    return 0;
+}