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A Normal / Exponential Random Generator and Histogram Class

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A fast random generator with normal or exponential distribution + a histogram class
In this article, you will find a fast generator for Random Variable, namely normal and exponential distributions. It is based on George Marsaglia's and Wai Wan Tsang's work.
// HistogramDemo.cpp : Defines the class behaviors for the application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "HistogramDemo.h"

#include "MainFrm.h"
#include "HistogramDemoDoc.h"
#include "HistogramDemoView.h"

#include "RandomGenerator.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CHistogramDemoApp

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CHistogramDemoApp, CWinApp)
	//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CHistogramDemoApp)
	ON_COMMAND(ID_APP_ABOUT, OnAppAbout)
		// NOTE - the ClassWizard will add and remove mapping macros here.
		//    DO NOT EDIT what you see in these blocks of generated code!
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
	// Standard file based document commands
	ON_COMMAND(ID_FILE_NEW, CWinApp::OnFileNew)
	ON_COMMAND(ID_FILE_OPEN, CWinApp::OnFileOpen)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CHistogramDemoApp construction

CHistogramDemoApp::CHistogramDemoApp()
{
	// TODO: add construction code here,
	// Place all significant initialization in InitInstance
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// The one and only CHistogramDemoApp object

CHistogramDemoApp theApp;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CHistogramDemoApp initialization

BOOL CHistogramDemoApp::InitInstance()
{
	//	PGL initialisation, pasted from http://www.codeproject.com/miscctrl/pgllib.asp.
	// initialize <code>GDI+ (gdi+ is in Gdiplus namespace)
	Gdiplus::GdiplusStartupInput gdiplusStartupInput;
	Gdiplus::GdiplusStartup(&m_ulGdiplusToken, &gdiplusStartupInput, NULL);

	srand( (unsigned)time( NULL ) );

	CRandomGenerator randn;

	// Standard initialization
	// If you are not using these features and wish to reduce the size
	//  of your final executable, you should remove from the following
	//  the specific initialization routines you do not need.

#ifdef _AFXDLL
	Enable3dControls();			// Call this when using MFC in a shared DLL
#else
	Enable3dControlsStatic();	// Call this when linking to MFC statically
#endif

	// Change the registry key under which our settings are stored.
	// TODO: You should modify this string to be something appropriate
	// such as the name of your company or organization.
	SetRegistryKey(_T("Local AppWizard-Generated Applications"));

	LoadStdProfileSettings();  // Load standard INI file options (including MRU)

	// Register the application's document templates.  Document templates
	//  serve as the connection between documents, frame windows and views.

	CSingleDocTemplate* pDocTemplate;
	pDocTemplate = new CSingleDocTemplate(
		IDR_MAINFRAME,
		RUNTIME_CLASS(CHistogramDemoDoc),
		RUNTIME_CLASS(CMainFrame),       // main SDI frame window
		RUNTIME_CLASS(CHistogramDemoView));
	AddDocTemplate(pDocTemplate);

	// Parse command line for standard shell commands, DDE, file open
	CCommandLineInfo cmdInfo;
	ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);

	// Dispatch commands specified on the command line
	if (!ProcessShellCommand(cmdInfo))
		return FALSE;

	// The one and only window has been initialized, so show and update it.
	m_pMainWnd->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
	m_pMainWnd->UpdateWindow();

	return TRUE;
}


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CAboutDlg dialog used for App About

class CAboutDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
	CAboutDlg();

// Dialog Data
	//{{AFX_DATA(CAboutDlg)
	enum { IDD = IDD_ABOUTBOX };
	//}}AFX_DATA

	// ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
	//{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CAboutDlg)
	protected:
	virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);    // DDX/DDV support
	//}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
protected:
	//{{AFX_MSG(CAboutDlg)
		// No message handlers
	//}}AFX_MSG
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

CAboutDlg::CAboutDlg() : CDialog(CAboutDlg::IDD)
{
	//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CAboutDlg)
	//}}AFX_DATA_INIT
}

void CAboutDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
	//{{AFX_DATA_MAP(CAboutDlg)
	//}}AFX_DATA_MAP
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CAboutDlg, CDialog)
	//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CAboutDlg)
		// No message handlers
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

// App command to run the dialog
void CHistogramDemoApp::OnAppAbout()
{
	CAboutDlg aboutDlg;
	aboutDlg.DoModal();
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CHistogramDemoApp message handlers


int CHistogramDemoApp::ExitInstance() 
{
	// shutdown GDI+
	Gdiplus::GdiplusShutdown(m_ulGdiplusToken);
		
	return CWinApp::ExitInstance();
}

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United States United States
Jonathan de Halleux is Civil Engineer in Applied Mathematics. He finished his PhD in 2004 in the rainy country of Belgium. After 2 years in the Common Language Runtime (i.e. .net), he is now working at Microsoft Research on Pex (http://research.microsoft.com/pex).

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