Re: Testing a class which utilizes randomness

All you've done is test with you've approximately built a random number
generator. My underlying point was the OP might want to choose a slightly
saner problem.

Cheers
Mark


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Jarod Eells <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 12:23:49PM -0400, Mark Levison wrote:
> > Desirable? - by definition - randomness can and should occasionally
> > duplicate something. Testing a random number generator is very hard.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Mark
>
> Testing a RNG doesn't have to be hard.
> Just have to roll the dice a sufficient number of times and bin out the
> results.
> Then check that the bins are filled according to the expected statistical
> distribution.
> If you want a higher accuracy for your test then make more bins and/or
> roll more numbers.
>
> Jarod Eells
>
>  
>



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