ISO C Random

This algorithm generates a random number.

• C#
• VB.Net
• C
• C++

									public static int ISOCRandom(uint seed)
{
	uint next = seed;
	int result;

	next *= 1103515245;
	next += 12345;
	result = (int)((uint)(next / 65536) % 2048);

	next *= 1103515245;
	next += 12345;
	result <<= 10;
	result ^= (int)((uint)(next / 65536) % 1024);

	next *= 1103515245;
	next += 12345;
	result <<= 10;
	result ^= (int)((uint)(next / 65536) % 1024);

	seed = next;

	return result;
}
								

Example

									int value = ISOCRandom((uint)DateTime.Now.Millisecond);
								

Output

									1798100440