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# std.random

Facilities for random number generation.

Category | Functions
--- | ---
Uniform sampling | uniform uniform01 uniformDistribution
Element sampling | choice dice
Range sampling | randomCover randomSample
Default Random Engines | rndGen Random unpredictableSeed
Linear Congruential Engines | MinstdRand MinstdRand0 LinearCongruentialEngine
Mersenne Twister Engines | Mt19937 Mt19937_64 MersenneTwisterEngine
Xorshift Engines | Xorshift XorshiftEngine Xorshift32 Xorshift64 Xorshift96 Xorshift128 Xorshift160 Xorshift192
Shuffle | partialShuffle randomShuffle
Traits | isSeedable isUniformRNG

Disclaimer: The random number generators and API provided in this module are not designed to be cryptographically secure, and are therefore unsuitable for cryptographic or security-related purposes such as generating authentication tokens or network sequence numbers. For such needs, please use a reputable cryptographic library instead.
The new-style generator objects hold their own state so they are immune of threading issues. The generators feature a number of well-known and well-documented methods of generating random numbers. An overall fast and reliable means to generate random numbers is the Mt19937 generator, which derives its name from "Mersenne Twister with a period of 2 to the power of 19937". In memory-constrained situations, linear congruential generators such as MinstdRand0 and MinstdRand might be useful. The standard library provides an alias Random for whichever generator it considers the most fit for the target environment.
In addition to random number generators, this module features distributions, which skew a generator's output statistical distribution in various ways. So far the uniform distribution for integers and real numbers have been implemented.

Source std/random.d

License:
Boost License 1.0.
Authors:
Andrei Alexandrescu Masahiro Nakagawa (Xorshift random generator) Joseph Rushton Wakeling (Algorithm D for random sampling) Ilya Yaroshenko (Mersenne Twister implementation, adapted from mir-random)

Credits The entire random number library architecture is derived from the excellent C++0X random number facility proposed by Jens Maurer and contributed to by researchers at the Fermi laboratory (excluding Xorshift).

Examples:

    import std.algorithm.comparison : among, equal;
    import std.range : iota;

    // seed a random generator with a constant
    auto rnd = Random(42);

    // Generate a uniformly-distributed integer in the range [0, 14]
    // If no random generator is passed, the global `rndGen` would be used
    auto i = uniform(0, 15, rnd);
    assert(i >= 0 && i < 15);

    // Generate a uniformly-distributed real in the range [0, 100)
    auto r = uniform(0.0L, 100.0L, rnd);
    assert(r >= 0 && r < 100);

    // Sample from a custom type
    enum Fruit { apple, mango, pear }
    auto f = rnd.uniform!Fruit;
    with(Fruit)
    assert(f.among(apple, mango, pear));

    // Generate a 32-bit random number
    auto u = uniform!uint(rnd);
    static assert(is(typeof(u) == uint));

    // Generate a random number in the range in the range [0, 1)
    auto u2 = uniform01(rnd);
    assert(u2 >= 0 && u2 < 1);

    // Select an element randomly
    auto el = 10.iota.choice(rnd);
    assert(0 <= el && el < 10);

    // Throw a dice with custom proportions
    // 0: 20%, 1: 10%, 2: 60%
    auto val = rnd.dice(0.2, 0.1, 0.6);
    assert(0 <= val && val <= 2);

    auto rnd2 = MinstdRand0(42);

    // Select a random subsample from a range
    assert(10.iota.randomSample(3, rnd2).equal([7, 8, 9]));

    // Cover all elements in an array in random order
    version (D_LP64) // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15147
        assert(10.iota.randomCover(rnd2).equal([7, 4, 2, 0, 1, 6, 8, 3, 9, 5]));
    else
        assert(10.iota.randomCover(rnd2).equal([4, 8, 7, 3, 5, 9, 2, 6, 0, 1]));

    // Shuffle an array
    version (D_LP64) // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15147
        assert([0, 1, 2, 4, 5].randomShuffle(rnd2).equal([2, 0, 4, 5, 1]));
    else
        assert([0, 1, 2, 4, 5].randomShuffle(rnd2).equal([4, 2, 5, 0, 1]));

enum bool `isUniformRNG`(Rng, ElementType);
enum bool `isUniformRNG`(Rng);
  Test if Rng is a random-number generator. The overload taking a ElementType also makes sure that the Rng generates values of that type.
  A random-number generator has at least the following features:
  - it's an InputRange
  - it has a 'bool isUniformRandom' field readable in CTFE
  Examples:

      struct NoRng
      {
          @property uint front() {return 0;}
          @property bool empty() {return false;}
          void popFront() {}
      }
      static assert(!isUniformRNG!(NoRng));

      struct validRng
      {
          @property uint front() {return 0;}
          @property bool empty() {return false;}
          void popFront() {}

          enum isUniformRandom = true;
      }
      static assert(isUniformRNG!(validRng, uint));
      static assert(isUniformRNG!(validRng));

enum bool `isSeedable`(Rng, SeedType);
enum bool `isSeedable`(Rng);
  Test if Rng is seedable. The overload taking a SeedType also makes sure that the Rng can be seeded with SeedType.
  A seedable random-number generator has the following additional features:
  - it has a 'seed(ElementType)' function
  Examples:

      struct validRng
      {
          @property uint front() {return 0;}
          @property bool empty() {return false;}
          void popFront() {}

          enum isUniformRandom = true;
      }
      static assert(!isSeedable!(validRng, uint));
      static assert(!isSeedable!(validRng));

      struct seedRng
      {
          @property uint front() {return 0;}
          @property bool empty() {return false;}
          void popFront() {}
          void seed(uint val){}
          enum isUniformRandom = true;
      }
      static assert(isSeedable!(seedRng, uint));
      static assert(!isSeedable!(seedRng, ulong));
      static assert(isSeedable!(seedRng));

struct `LinearCongruentialEngine`(UIntType, UIntType a, UIntType c, UIntType m) if (isUnsigned!UIntType);
  Linear Congruential generator. When m = 0, no modulus is used.
  Examples:
  Declare your own linear congruential engine

      alias CPP11LCG = LinearCongruentialEngine!(uint, 48271, 0, 2_147_483_647);

      // seed with a constant
      auto rnd = CPP11LCG(42);
      auto n = rnd.front; // same for each run
      writeln(n); // 2027382

  Examples:
  Declare your own linear congruential engine

      // glibc's LCG
      alias GLibcLCG = LinearCongruentialEngine!(uint, 1103515245, 12345, 2_147_483_648);

      // Seed with an unpredictable value
      auto rnd = GLibcLCG(unpredictableSeed);
      auto n = rnd.front; // different across runs

  Examples:
  Declare your own linear congruential engine

      // Visual C++'s LCG
      alias MSVCLCG = LinearCongruentialEngine!(uint, 214013, 2531011, 0);

      // seed with a constant
      auto rnd = MSVCLCG(1);
      auto n = rnd.front; // same for each run
      writeln(n); // 2745024

  enum bool `isUniformRandom`;
    Mark this as a Rng
  enum bool `hasFixedRange`;
    Does this generator have a fixed range? (true).
  enum UIntType `min`;
    Lowest generated value (1 if c == 0, 0 otherwise).
  enum UIntType `max`;
    Highest generated value (modulus - 1).
  enum UIntType `multiplier`;
  enum UIntType `increment`;
  enum UIntType `modulus`;
    The parameters of this distribution. The random number is x = (x * multipler + increment) % modulus.
  pure nothrow @nogc @safe this(UIntType `x0`);
    Constructs a LinearCongruentialEngine generator seeded with `x0`.
  pure nothrow @nogc @safe void `seed`(UIntType `x0` = 1);
    (Re)seeds the generator.
  pure nothrow @nogc @safe void `popFront`();
    Advances the random sequence.
  const pure nothrow @nogc @property @safe UIntType `front`();
    Returns the current number in the random sequence.
  const pure nothrow @nogc @property @safe typeof(this) `save`();
  enum bool `empty`;
    Always false (random generators are infinite ranges).
alias `MinstdRand0` = LinearCongruentialEngine!(uint, 16807u, 0u, 2147483647u).LinearCongruentialEngine;
alias `MinstdRand` = LinearCongruentialEngine!(uint, 48271u, 0u, 2147483647u).LinearCongruentialEngine;
  Define LinearCongruentialEngine generators with well-chosen parameters. `MinstdRand0` implements Park and Miller's "minimal standard" generator that uses 16807 for the multiplier. `MinstdRand` implements a variant that has slightly better spectral behavior by using the multiplier 48271. Both generators are rather simplistic.
  Examples:

      // seed with a constant
      auto rnd0 = MinstdRand0(1);
      auto n = rnd0.front;
       // same for each run
      writeln(n); // 16807

      // Seed with an unpredictable value
      rnd0.seed(unpredictableSeed);
      n = rnd0.front; // different across runs

struct `MersenneTwisterEngine`(UIntType, size_t w, size_t n, size_t m, size_t r, UIntType a, size_t u, UIntType d, size_t s, UIntType b, size_t t, UIntType c, size_t l, UIntType f) if (isUnsigned!UIntType);
  The Mersenne Twister generator.
  Examples:

      // seed with a constant
      Mt19937 gen;
      auto n = gen.front; // same for each run
      writeln(n); // 3499211612

      // Seed with an unpredictable value
      gen.seed(unpredictableSeed);
      n = gen.front; // different across runs

  enum bool `isUniformRandom`;
    Mark this as a Rng
  enum size_t `wordSize`;
  enum size_t `stateSize`;
  enum size_t `shiftSize`;
  enum size_t `maskBits`;
  enum UIntType `xorMask`;
  enum size_t `temperingU`;
  enum UIntType `temperingD`;
  enum size_t `temperingS`;
  enum UIntType `temperingB`;
  enum size_t `temperingT`;
  enum UIntType `temperingC`;
  enum size_t `temperingL`;
  enum UIntType `initializationMultiplier`;
    Parameters for the generator.
  enum UIntType `min`;
    Smallest generated value (0).
  enum UIntType `max`;
    Largest generated value.
  enum UIntType `defaultSeed`;
    The default seed value.
  pure nothrow @nogc @safe this(UIntType `value`);
    Constructs a MersenneTwisterEngine object.
  pure nothrow @nogc @safe void `seed`()(UIntType `value` = defaultSeed);
    Seeds a MersenneTwisterEngine object.

    Note This seed function gives 2^w starting points (the lowest w bits of the value provided will be used). To allow the RNG to be started in any one of its internal states use the seed overload taking an InputRange.

  void `seed`(T)(T `range`)
  if (isInputRange!T && is(immutable(ElementType!T) == immutable(UIntType)));
    Seeds a MersenneTwisterEngine object using an InputRange.
    Throws:
    Exception if the InputRange didn't provide enough elements to seed the generator. The number of elements required is the 'n' template parameter of the MersenneTwisterEngine struct.
  pure nothrow @nogc @safe void `popFront`();
    Advances the generator.
  const pure nothrow @nogc @property @safe UIntType `front`();
    Returns the current random value.
  const pure nothrow @nogc @property @safe typeof(this) `save`();
  enum bool `empty`;
    Always false.
alias `Mt19937` = MersenneTwisterEngine!(uint, 32LU, 624LU, 397LU, 31LU, 2567483615u, 11LU, 4294967295u, 7LU, 2636928640u, 15LU, 4022730752u, 18LU, 1812433253u).MersenneTwisterEngine;
  A MersenneTwisterEngine instantiated with the parameters of the original engine MT19937, generating uniformly-distributed 32-bit numbers with a period of 2 to the power of 19937. Recommended for random number generation unless memory is severely restricted, in which case a LinearCongruentialEngine would be the generator of choice.
  Examples:

      // seed with a constant
      Mt19937 gen;
      auto n = gen.front; // same for each run
      writeln(n); // 3499211612

      // Seed with an unpredictable value
      gen.seed(unpredictableSeed);
      n = gen.front; // different across runs

alias `Mt19937_64` = MersenneTwisterEngine!(ulong, 64LU, 312LU, 156LU, 31LU, 13043109905998158313LU, 29LU, 6148914691236517205LU, 17LU, 8202884508482404352LU, 37LU, 18444473444759240704LU, 43LU, 6364136223846793005LU).MersenneTwisterEngine;
  A MersenneTwisterEngine instantiated with the parameters of the original engine MT19937-64, generating uniformly-distributed 64-bit numbers with a period of 2 to the power of 19937.
  Examples:

      // Seed with a constant
      auto gen = Mt19937_64(12345);
      auto n = gen.front; // same for each run
      writeln(n); // 6597103971274460346

      // Seed with an unpredictable value
      gen.seed(unpredictableSeed!ulong);
      n = gen.front; // different across runs

struct `XorshiftEngine`(UIntType, uint nbits, int sa, int sb, int sc) if (isUnsigned!UIntType && !(sa > 0 && (sb > 0) && (sc > 0)));
template `XorshiftEngine`(UIntType, int bits, int a, int b, int c) if (isUnsigned!UIntType && (a > 0) && (b > 0) && (c > 0))
  Xorshift generator. Implemented according to Xorshift RNGs (Marsaglia, 2003) when the size is small. For larger sizes the generator uses Sebastino Vigna's optimization of using an index to avoid needing to rotate the internal array.
  Period is 2 ^^ nbits - 1 except for a legacy 192-bit uint version (see note below).
  Parameters:

  UIntType | Word size of this xorshift generator and the return type of opCall.
  nbits | The number of bits of state of this generator. This must be a positive multiple of the size in bits of UIntType. If nbits is large this struct may occupy slightly more memory than this so it can use a circular counter instead of shifting the entire array.
  sa | The direction and magnitude of the 1st shift. Positive means left, negative means right.
  sb | The direction and magnitude of the 2nd shift. Positive means left, negative means right.
  sc | The direction and magnitude of the 3rd shift. Positive means left, negative means right.

  Note For historical compatibility when nbits == 192 and UIntType is uint a legacy hybrid PRNG is used consisting of a 160-bit xorshift combined with a 32-bit counter. This combined generator has period equal to the least common multiple of 2^^160 - 1 and 2^^32.

  Previous versions of `XorshiftEngine` did not provide any mechanism to specify the directions of the shifts, taking each shift as an unsigned magnitude. For backwards compatibility, because three shifts in the same direction cannot result in a full-period XorshiftEngine, when all three of sa, sb, sc, are positive XorshiftEngine` treats them as unsigned magnitudes and uses shift directions to match the old behavior of `XorshiftEngine`.
  Not every set of shifts results in a full-period xorshift generator. The template does not currently at compile-time perform a full check for maximum period but in a future version might reject parameters resulting in shorter periods.
  Examples:

      alias Xorshift96  = XorshiftEngine!(uint, 96,  10, 5,  26);
      auto rnd = Xorshift96(42);
      auto num = rnd.front;  // same for each run
      writeln(num); // 2704588748

  enum bool `isUniformRandom`;
    Mark this as a Rng
  enum auto `empty`;
    Always false (random generators are infinite ranges).
  enum UIntType `min`;
    Smallest generated value.
  enum UIntType `max`;
    Largest generated value.
  pure nothrow @nogc @safe this()(UIntType `x0`);
    Constructs a XorshiftEngine generator seeded with x0.
    Parameters:

    UIntType `x0` | value used to deterministically initialize internal state

  pure nothrow @nogc @safe void `seed`()(UIntType `x0`);
    (Re)seeds the generator.
    Parameters:

    UIntType `x0` | value used to deterministically initialize internal state

  const pure nothrow @nogc @property @safe UIntType `front`();
    Returns the current number in the random sequence.
  pure nothrow @nogc @safe void `popFront`();
    Advances the random sequence.
  const pure nothrow @nogc @property @safe typeof(this) `save`();
    Captures a range state.
alias `Xorshift32` = XorshiftEngine!(uint, 32u, 13, -17, 15).XorshiftEngine;
alias `Xorshift64` = XorshiftEngine!(uint, 64u, 10, -13, -10).XorshiftEngine;
alias `Xorshift96` = XorshiftEngine!(uint, 96u, 10, -5, -26).XorshiftEngine;
alias `Xorshift128` = XorshiftEngine!(uint, 128u, 11, -8, -19).XorshiftEngine;
alias `Xorshift160` = XorshiftEngine!(uint, 160u, 2, -1, -4).XorshiftEngine;
alias `Xorshift192` = XorshiftEngine!(uint, 192u, -2, 1, 4).XorshiftEngine;
alias `Xorshift` = XorshiftEngine!(uint, 128u, 11, -8, -19).XorshiftEngine;
  Define XorshiftEngine generators with well-chosen parameters. See each bits examples of "Xorshift RNGs". `Xorshift` is a Xorshift128's alias because 128bits implementation is mostly used.
  Examples:

      // Seed with a constant
      auto rnd = Xorshift(1);
      auto num = rnd.front;  // same for each run
      writeln(num); // 1405313047

      // Seed with an unpredictable value
      rnd.seed(unpredictableSeed);
      num = rnd.front; // different across rnd

nothrow @nogc @property @trusted uint `unpredictableSeed`();
template `unpredictableSeed`(UIntType) if (isUnsigned!UIntType)
  A "good" seed for initializing random number engines. Initializing with unpredictableSeed makes engines generate different random number sequences every run.
  Returns:
  A single unsigned integer seed value, different on each successive call

  Note In general periodically 'reseeding' a PRNG does not improve its quality and in some cases may harm it. For an extreme example the Mersenne Twister has 2 ^^ 19937 - 1 distinct states but after seed(uint) is called it can only be in one of 2 ^^ 32 distinct states regardless of how excellent the source of entropy is.

  Examples:

      auto rnd = Random(unpredictableSeed);
      auto n = rnd.front;
      static assert(is(typeof(n) == uint));

alias `Random` = MersenneTwisterEngine!(uint, 32LU, 624LU, 397LU, 31LU, 2567483615u, 11LU, 4294967295u, 7LU, 2636928640u, 15LU, 4022730752u, 18LU, 1812433253u).MersenneTwisterEngine;
  The "default", "favorite", "suggested" random number generator type on the current platform. It is an alias for one of the previously-defined generators. You may want to use it if (1) you need to generate some nice random numbers, and (2) you don't care for the minutiae of the method being used.
nothrow @nogc @property ref @safe Random `rndGen`();
  Global random number generator used by various functions in this module whenever no generator is specified. It is allocated per-thread and initialized to an unpredictable value for each thread.
  Returns:
  A singleton instance of the default random number generator
  Examples:

      import std.algorithm.iteration : sum;
      import std.range : take;
      auto rnd = rndGen;
      assert(rnd.take(3).sum > 0);

auto `uniform`(string boundaries = "[)", T1, T2)(T1 `a`, T2 `b`)
if (!is(CommonType!(T1, T2) == void));
auto `uniform`(string boundaries = "[)", T1, T2, UniformRandomNumberGenerator)(T1 `a`, T2 `b`, ref UniformRandomNumberGenerator `urng`)
if (isFloatingPoint!(CommonType!(T1, T2)) && isUniformRNG!UniformRandomNumberGenerator);
  Generates a number between `a` and `b`. The boundaries parameter controls the shape of the interval (open vs. closed on either side). Valid values for boundaries are "[]", "(]", "[)", and "()". The default interval is closed to the left and open to the right. The version that does not take `urng` uses the default generator rndGen.
  Parameters:

  T1 `a` | lower bound of the uniform distribution
  T2 `b` | upper bound of the uniform distribution
  UniformRandomNumberGenerator `urng` | (optional) random number generator to use; if not specified, defaults to rndGen

  Returns:
  A single random variate drawn from the uniform distribution between `a` and `b`, whose type is the common type of these parameters
  Examples:

      auto rnd = Random(unpredictableSeed);

      // Generate an integer in [0, 1023]
      auto a = uniform(0, 1024, rnd);
      assert(0 <= a && a < 1024);

      // Generate a float in [0, 1)
      auto b = uniform(0.0f, 1.0f, rnd);
      assert(0 <= b && b < 1);

      // Generate a float in [0, 1]
      b = uniform!"[]"(0.0f, 1.0f, rnd);
      assert(0 <= b && b <= 1);

      // Generate a float in (0, 1)
      b = uniform!"()"(0.0f, 1.0f, rnd);
      assert(0 < b && b < 1);

  Examples:
  Create an array of random numbers using range functions and UFCS

      import std.array : array;
      import std.range : generate, takeExactly;

      int[] arr = generate!(() => uniform(0, 100)).takeExactly(10).array;
      writeln(arr.length); // 10
      assert(arr[0] >= 0 && arr[0] < 100);

auto `uniform`(T, UniformRandomNumberGenerator)(ref UniformRandomNumberGenerator `urng`)
if (!is(T == enum) && (isIntegral!T || isSomeChar!T) && isUniformRNG!UniformRandomNumberGenerator);
auto `uniform`(T)()
if (!is(T == enum) && (isIntegral!T || isSomeChar!T));
auto `uniform`(E, UniformRandomNumberGenerator)(ref UniformRandomNumberGenerator `urng`)
if (is(E == enum) && isUniformRNG!UniformRandomNumberGenerator);
auto `uniform`(E)()
if (is(E == enum));
  Generates a uniformly-distributed number in the range [T.min, T.max] for any integral or character type T. If no random number generator is passed, uses the default rndGen.
  If an enum is used as type, the random variate is drawn with equal probability from any of the possible values of the enum E.
  Parameters:

  UniformRandomNumberGenerator `urng` | (optional) random number generator to use; if not specified, defaults to rndGen

  Returns:
  Random variate drawn from the uniform distribution across all possible values of the integral, character or enum type T.
  Examples:

      auto rnd = MinstdRand0(42);

      writeln(rnd.uniform!ubyte); // 102
      writeln(rnd.uniform!ulong); // 4838462006927449017

      enum Fruit { apple, mango, pear }
      version (D_LP64) // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15147
      writeln(rnd.uniform!Fruit); // Fruit.mango

T `uniform01`(T = double)()
if (isFloatingPoint!T);
T `uniform01`(T = double, UniformRNG)(ref UniformRNG `rng`)
if (isFloatingPoint!T && isUniformRNG!UniformRNG);
  Generates a uniformly-distributed floating point number of type T in the range [0, 1). If no random number generator is specified, the default RNG rndGen will be used as the source of randomness.
  `uniform01` offers a faster generation of random variates than the equivalent uniform!"[)"(0.0, 1.0) and so may be preferred for some applications.
  Parameters:

  UniformRNG `rng` | (optional) random number generator to use; if not specified, defaults to rndGen

  Returns:
  Floating-point random variate of type T drawn from the uniform distribution across the half-open interval [0, 1).
  Examples:

      import std.math.operations : feqrel;

      auto rnd = MinstdRand0(42);

      // Generate random numbers in the range in the range [0, 1)
      auto u1 = uniform01(rnd);
      assert(u1 >= 0 && u1 < 1);

      auto u2 = rnd.uniform01!float;
      assert(u2 >= 0 && u2 < 1);

      // Confirm that the random values with the initial seed 42 are 0.000328707 and 0.524587
      assert(u1.feqrel(0.000328707) > 20);
      assert(u2.feqrel(0.524587) > 20);

F[] `uniformDistribution`(F = double)(size_t `n`, F[] `useThis` = null)
if (isFloatingPoint!F);
  Generates a uniform probability distribution of size `n`, i.e., an array of size `n` of positive numbers of type F that sum to 1. If `useThis` is provided, it is used as storage.
  Examples:

      import std.algorithm.iteration : reduce;
      import std.math.operations : isClose;

      auto a = uniformDistribution(5);
      writeln(a.length); // 5
      assert(isClose(reduce!"a + b"(a), 1));

      a = uniformDistribution(10, a);
      writeln(a.length); // 10
      assert(isClose(reduce!"a + b"(a), 1));

ref auto `choice`(Range, RandomGen = Random)(Range `range`, ref RandomGen `urng`)
if (isRandomAccessRange!Range && hasLength!Range && isUniformRNG!RandomGen);
ref auto `choice`(Range)(Range `range`);
ref auto `choice`(Range, RandomGen = Random)(ref Range `range`, ref RandomGen `urng`)
if (isRandomAccessRange!Range && hasLength!Range && isUniformRNG!RandomGen);
ref auto `choice`(Range)(ref Range `range`);
  Returns a random, uniformly chosen, element e from the supplied Range range. If no random number generator is passed, the default rndGen is used.
  Parameters:

  Range `range` | a random access range that has the length property defined
  RandomGen `urng` | (optional) random number generator to use; if not specified, defaults to rndGen

  Returns:
  A single random element drawn from the `range`. If it can, it will return a ref to the range element, otherwise it will return a copy.
  Examples:

      auto rnd = MinstdRand0(42);

      auto elem  = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].choice(rnd);
      version (D_LP64) // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15147
      writeln(elem); // 3

Range `randomShuffle`(Range, RandomGen)(Range `r`, ref RandomGen `gen`)
if (isRandomAccessRange!Range && isUniformRNG!RandomGen);
Range `randomShuffle`(Range)(Range `r`)
if (isRandomAccessRange!Range);
  Shuffles elements of `r` using `gen` as a shuffler. `r` must be a random-access range with length. If no RNG is specified, rndGen will be used.
  Parameters:

  Range `r` | random-access range whose elements are to be shuffled
  RandomGen `gen` | (optional) random number generator to use; if not specified, defaults to rndGen

  Returns:
  The shuffled random-access range.
  Examples:

      auto rnd = MinstdRand0(42);

      auto arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].randomShuffle(rnd);
      version (D_LP64) // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15147
      writeln(arr); // [3, 5, 2, 4, 1]

Range `partialShuffle`(Range, RandomGen)(Range `r`, in size_t `n`, ref RandomGen `gen`)
if (isRandomAccessRange!Range && isUniformRNG!RandomGen);
Range `partialShuffle`(Range)(Range `r`, in size_t `n`)
if (isRandomAccessRange!Range);
  Partially shuffles the elements of `r` such that upon returning r[0 .. n] is a random subset of `r` and is randomly ordered. r[n .. r.length] will contain the elements not in r[0 .. n]. These will be in an undefined order, but will not be random in the sense that their order after `partialShuffle` returns will not be independent of their order before `partialShuffle` was called.
  `r` must be a random-access range with length. `n` must be less than or equal to `r`.length. If no RNG is specified, rndGen will be used.
  Parameters:

  Range `r` | random-access range whose elements are to be shuffled
  size_t `n` | number of elements of `r` to shuffle (counting from the beginning); must be less than `r`.length
  RandomGen `gen` | (optional) random number generator to use; if not specified, defaults to rndGen

  Returns:
  The shuffled random-access range.
  Examples:

      auto rnd = MinstdRand0(42);

      auto arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
      arr = arr.dup.partialShuffle(1, rnd);

      version (D_LP64) // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15147
      assert(arr == [2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6]); // 1<->2

      arr = arr.dup.partialShuffle(2, rnd);
      version (D_LP64) // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15147
      assert(arr == [1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 6]); // 1<->2, 2<->4

      arr = arr.dup.partialShuffle(3, rnd);
      version (D_LP64) // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15147
      assert(arr == [5, 4, 6, 2, 1, 3]); // 1<->5, 2<->4, 3<->6

size_t `dice`(Rng, Num)(ref Rng `rnd`, Num[] `proportions`...)
if (isNumeric!Num && isForwardRange!Rng);
size_t `dice`(R, Range)(ref R `rnd`, Range `proportions`)
if (isForwardRange!Range && isNumeric!(ElementType!Range) && !isArray!Range);
size_t `dice`(Range)(Range `proportions`)
if (isForwardRange!Range && isNumeric!(ElementType!Range) && !isArray!Range);
size_t `dice`(Num)(Num[] `proportions`...)
if (isNumeric!Num);
  Get a random index into a list of weights corresponding to each index
  Similar to rolling a die with relative probabilities stored in `proportions`. Returns the index in `proportions` that was chosen.

  Note Usually, dice are 'fair', meaning that each side has equal probability to come up, in which case 1 + uniform(0, 6) can simply be used. In future Phobos versions, this function might get renamed to something like weightedChoice to avoid confusion.

  Parameters:

  Rng `rnd` | (optional) random number generator to use; if not specified, defaults to rndGen
  Num[] `proportions` | forward range or list of individual values whose elements correspond to the probabilities with which to choose the corresponding index value

  Returns:
  Random variate drawn from the index values [0, ... `proportions`.length - 1], with the probability of getting an individual index value i being proportional to `proportions`[i].
  Examples:

      auto d6  = 1 + dice(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1); // fair dice roll
      auto d6b = 1 + dice(2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1); // double the chance to roll '1'

      auto x = dice(0.5, 0.5);   // x is 0 or 1 in equal proportions
      auto y = dice(50, 50);     // y is 0 or 1 in equal proportions
      auto z = dice(70, 20, 10); // z is 0 70% of the time, 1 20% of the time,
                                 // and 2 10% of the time

  Examples:

      auto rnd = MinstdRand0(42);
      auto z = rnd.dice(70, 20, 10);
      writeln(z); // 0
      z = rnd.dice(30, 20, 40, 10);
      writeln(z); // 2

struct `RandomCover`(Range, UniformRNG = void) if (isRandomAccessRange!Range && (isUniformRNG!UniformRNG || is(UniformRNG == void)));
auto `randomCover`(Range, UniformRNG)(Range `r`, auto ref UniformRNG `rng`)
if (isRandomAccessRange!Range && isUniformRNG!UniformRNG);
auto `randomCover`(Range)(Range `r`)
if (isRandomAccessRange!Range);
  Covers a given range `r` in a random manner, i.e. goes through each element of `r` once and only once, just in a random order. `r` must be a random-access range with length.
  If no random number generator is passed to `randomCover`, the thread-global RNG rndGen will be used internally.
  Parameters:

  Range `r` | random-access range to cover
  UniformRNG `rng` | (optional) random number generator to use; if not specified, defaults to rndGen

  Returns:
  Range whose elements consist of the elements of `r`, in random order. Will be a forward range if both `r` and `rng` are forward ranges, an input range otherwise.
  Examples:

      import std.algorithm.comparison : equal;
      import std.range : iota;
      auto rnd = MinstdRand0(42);

      version (D_LP64) // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15147
      assert(10.iota.randomCover(rnd).equal([7, 4, 2, 0, 1, 6, 8, 3, 9, 5]));

struct `RandomSample`(Range, UniformRNG = void) if (isInputRange!Range && (isUniformRNG!UniformRNG || is(UniformRNG == void)));
auto `randomSample`(Range)(Range `r`, size_t `n`, size_t `total`)
if (isInputRange!Range);
auto `randomSample`(Range)(Range `r`, size_t `n`)
if (isInputRange!Range && hasLength!Range);
auto `randomSample`(Range, UniformRNG)(Range `r`, size_t `n`, size_t `total`, auto ref UniformRNG `rng`)
if (isInputRange!Range && isUniformRNG!UniformRNG);
auto `randomSample`(Range, UniformRNG)(Range `r`, size_t `n`, auto ref UniformRNG `rng`)
if (isInputRange!Range && hasLength!Range && isUniformRNG!UniformRNG);
  Selects a random subsample out of `r`, containing exactly `n` elements. The order of elements is the same as in the original range. The total length of `r` must be known. If `total` is passed in, the total number of sample is considered to be total. Otherwise, `RandomSample` uses `r`.length.
  Parameters:

  Range `r` | range to sample from
  size_t `n` | number of elements to include in the sample; must be less than or equal to the total number of elements in `r` and/or the parameter `total` (if provided)
  size_t `total` | (semi-optional) number of elements of `r` from which to select the sample (counting from the beginning); must be less than or equal to the total number of elements in `r` itself. May be omitted if `r` has the .length property and the sample is to be drawn from all elements of `r`.
  UniformRNG `rng` | (optional) random number generator to use; if not specified, defaults to rndGen

  Returns:
  Range whose elements consist of a randomly selected subset of the elements of `r`, in the same order as these elements appear in `r` itself. Will be a forward range if both `r` and `rng` are forward ranges, an input range otherwise.
  `RandomSample` implements Jeffrey Scott Vitter's Algorithm D (see Vitter 1984, 1987), which selects a sample of size `n` in O(n) steps and requiring O(n) random variates, regardless of the size of the data being sampled. The exception to this is if traversing k elements on the input range is itself an O(k) operation (e.g. when sampling lines from an input file), in which case the sampling calculation will inevitably be of O(total).
  RandomSample will throw an exception if `total` is verifiably less than the total number of elements available in the input, or if n > total.
  If no random number generator is passed to `randomSample`, the thread-global RNG rndGen will be used internally.
  Examples:

      import std.algorithm.comparison : equal;
      import std.range : iota;
      auto rnd = MinstdRand0(42);
      assert(10.iota.randomSample(3, rnd).equal([7, 8, 9]));

  const @property bool `empty`();
  @property ref auto `front`();
  void `popFront`();
  const @property typeof(this) `save`();
  const @property size_t `length`();
    Range primitives.
  @property size_t `index`();
    Returns the index of the visited record.

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