Random.cpp

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#include <core/Helpers/Random.h>
 
namespace H2Core {
 
float Random::getGaussian( float fStandardDeviation ) {
        // gaussian distribution -- dimss
        float x1, x2, w;
        do {
                x1 = 2.0 * ( ( ( float ) rand() ) / static_cast<float>(RAND_MAX) ) - 1.0;
                x2 = 2.0 * ( ( ( float ) rand() ) / static_cast<float>(RAND_MAX) ) - 1.0;
                w = x1 * x1 + x2 * x2;
        } while ( w >= 1.0 );
 
        w = sqrtf( ( -2.0 * logf( w ) ) / w );
        return x1 * w * fStandardDeviation + 0.0; // tunable
}
};