Modern C++ Programming Cookbook

How to do it...

To generate pseudo-random numbers in your application, you should perform the following steps:

1. Include the header <random>:

        #include <random>

2. Use an std::random_device generator for seeding a pseudo-random engine:

        std::random_device rd{};

3. Use one of the available engines for generating numbers and initialize it with a random seed:

        auto mtgen = std::mt19937{ rd() };

4. Use one of the available distributions for converting the output of the engine to one of the desired statistical distributions:

        auto ud = std::uniform_int_distribution<>{ 1, 6 };

5. Generate the pseudo-random numbers:

        for(auto i = 0; i < 20; ++i)           auto number = ud(mtgen);