Modern Math NextBoolean

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NextBoolean

Returns true or false with equal chance.

Syntax

NextBoolean( ) as boolean

Notes

• One bit of the generator, not a comparison against 0.5 -- so it costs nothing extra and cannot be skewed by floating point.
• NextBooleanP is the weighted version.

Examples

#import "std/numeric"
using numeric

dim r as Rng = RngFromEntropy( )

dim as int32 hits = 0
for i as int32 = 1 to 1000
    if r.NextBoolean( ) then hits += 1
next

print hits > 400 andalso hits < 600           '' -1 (true)

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