pouët.net

Random numbers in asm

category: general [glöplog]
 
I have no idea about the subject and I need to produce some. Tell me various algorithms, especially suitable for tiny intros.
added on the 2003-12-18 13:03:24 by Optimus Optimus
mov eax,seed
add eax,472189741832
mul eax,4178461726419
mov seed,eax
added on the 2003-12-18 13:11:05 by Gargaj Gargaj
rol.l d0,d0
addq.l #5,d0
added on the 2003-12-18 13:23:43 by jar jar
exclusive-or your seed with 69069.
this doesn't really produce _good_ random numbers in terms of true randomness (which doesn't exist in computed numbers anyway). but it gives you 2^16 different random looking words after 2^16 calls!
added on the 2003-12-18 14:30:12 by noname noname
or read chapter 3 in The Art of Computer Programming.
added on the 2003-12-18 14:42:27 by jar jar
in al, 40h
added on the 2003-12-18 16:42:31 by shiva shiva
from the #amycoders website:
http://membres.lycos.fr/amycoders/tutorials/rndintro.html
added on the 2003-12-18 17:09:18 by krabob krabob
who cares about true randomness except from people who have never been laid anyway?
added on the 2003-12-18 18:13:29 by kusma kusma
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326117931051185480744623799627495673518857527248912279381830119491298336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798609437027705392171762931767523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290219608640344181598136297747713099605187072113499999983729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881710100031378387528865875332083814206171776691473035982534904287554687311595628638823537875937519577818577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989380952572010654858632788659361533818279682303019520353018529689957736225994138912497217752834791315155748572424541506959508295331168617278558890750983817546374649393192550604009277016711390098488240128583616035637076601047101819429555961989467678374494482553797747268471040475346462080466842590694912933136770289891521047521620569660240580381501935112533824300355876402474964732639141992726042699227967823547816360093417216412199245863150302861829745557067498385054945885869269956909272107975093029553211653449872027559602364806654991198818347977535663698074265425278625518184175746728909777727938000816470600161452491921732172147723501414419735685481613611573525521334757418494684385233239073941433345477624168625189835694855620992192221842725502542568876717904946016534668049886272327917860857843838279679766814541009538837863609506800642251252051173929848960841284886269456042419652850222106611863067442786220391949450471237137869609563643719172874677646575739624138908658326459958133904780275901

login