Xoshiro256/demo_examples.mq5

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//|                                                demo_examples.mq5 |
//|                                        Copyright <EFBFBD> 2025, Amr Ali |
//|                             https://www.mql5.com/en/users/amrali |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#include "Xoshiro256.mqh"

void OnStart()
  {
//--- the random number generator object
   Xoshiro256 prng;

//--- test RandomInteger() function
   int arrInt[20];
   Print("Random integers in the range [5,100): ");
   for(int i=0; i<ArraySize(arrInt); i++)
      arrInt[i]=prng.RandomInteger(5,100);
   ArrayPrint(arrInt);

//--- test RandomDouble() function
   double arrDbl[10];
   Print("Random prices in the range [0.7,2): ");
   for(int i=0; i<ArraySize(arrDbl); i++)
      arrDbl[i]=prng.RandomDouble(0.7,2);
   ArrayPrint(arrDbl,_Digits);

//--- Generate and print some random dates - RandomLong()
   Print("Random dates from 1990.01.01 till today: ");
   for(int i=0; i<7; i++)
     {
      datetime dt=(datetime)prng.RandomLong(D'1990.01.01',TimeCurrent());
      Print(dt);
     }

//--- Print a random password whose length is 16
   string str_pass="";
   string alphabet="0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
   for(int i=0; i<16; i++)
     {
      int rand_pos=prng.RandomInteger(StringLen(alphabet));
      str_pass+=StringSubstr(alphabet,rand_pos,1);
     }
   Print("Random password: ",str_pass);

//--- Histogram for 64-bits frequency distribution.
   int hist[64] = {0};
   int sample=1e7;
   for(int i=0; i<sample; i++)
     {
      long num = prng.RandomLong(LONG_MIN,LONG_MAX);  // num = MathRand();
      for(int bit=0; bit<=63; bit++)
         hist[bit] += (int)(((ulong)num >> bit) & 1);
     }
   Print("The 64-bits frequency distribution histogram:");
   ArrayPrint(hist);

// --- Test Sample (without replacement) ---
   int arr[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
   int sample1[];
   prng.Sample(arr, sample1, 4);
   Print("Sample (no replacement, k=4): ");
   ArrayPrint(sample1);

// --- Test SampleWithReplacement ---
   int sample2[];
   prng.SampleWithReplacement(arr, sample2, 6);
   Print("SampleWithReplacement (k=6): ");
   ArrayPrint(sample2);

// --- Test Shuffle ---
   prng.Shuffle(arr);
   Print("Shuffled: ");
   ArrayPrint(arr);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
/* sample output:
 Random integers in the range [5,100):
 16 75  5 41 93 13 83 73 23 94 76 37 34 45  9 57 29 86 30 56
 Random prices in the range [0.7,2):
 1.97978 1.65321 1.31701 1.63440 1.81798 1.10520 1.47172 0.90531 1.59575 0.87328
 Random dates from 1990.01.01 till today:
 1999.11.11 18:31:15
 2014.12.18 01:10:19
 2012.07.31 12:48:45
 2022.05.22 18:40:11
 2017.01.28 05:07:25
 1996.08.03 05:02:06
 1990.07.08 07:04:22
 Random password: nlpa3yekQFRGvIU4
 The 64-bits frequency distribution histogram:
 [ 0] 4998374 5000560 5000055 4997115 4998424 4996988 4999278 5000736 4998032 4998934 5000479 4999571 5001382 5000935 4999165 5002358
 [16] 4996734 4998310 5003839 4999034 4999299 4998484 4999099 5000110 5000423 5000866 4999718 4998784 5001812 4999260 4996949 5002480
 [32] 5001132 5001157 5002466 4998330 4998042 4997632 5000654 5000393 5002430 4998963 5000510 5000215 4998870 5002737 4999696 5000776
 [48] 4999807 5001265 4997772 4999233 5000133 4997519 4999916 4999233 4997916 4999944 4998269 4999548 4998959 4999644 5001790 5003097
 Sample (no replacement, k=4):
 9 1 8 4
 SampleWithReplacement (k=6):
 7 4 4 8 5 5
 Shuffled:
 4 5 9 3 2 6 8 7 1
*/