/* Part of SWI-Prolog Author: R.A. O'Keefe, V.S. Costa, L. Damas, Jan Wielemaker E-mail: J.Wielemaker@vu.nl WWW: http://www.swi-prolog.org Copyright (C): Universidade do Porto, University of Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. 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Alternatively, this program may be distributed under the Perl Artistic License, version 2.0. */ :- module(random, [ random/1, % -Float (0,1) random_between/3, % +Low, +High, -Random getrand/1, % -State setrand/1, % +State maybe/0, maybe/1, % +P maybe/2, % +K, +N random_perm2/4, % A,B, X,Y random_member/2, % -Element, +List random_select/3, % ?Element, +List, -Rest randseq/3, % +Size, +Max, -Set randset/3, % +Size, +Max, -List random_permutation/2, % ?List, ?Permutation % deprecated interface random/3 % +Low, +High, -Random ]). :- use_module(library(pairs)). :- use_module(library(error)). :- use_module(library(lists)). /** Random numbers This library is derived from the DEC10 library random. Later, the core random generator was moved to C. The current version uses the SWI-Prolog arithmetic functions to realise this library. These functions are based on the GMP library. @author R.A. O'Keefe, V.S. Costa, L. Damas, Jan Wielemaker @see Built-in function random/1: A is random(10) */ check_gmp :- current_arithmetic_function(random_float), !. check_gmp :- print_message(warning, random(no_gmp)). :- initialization check_gmp. /******************************* * PRIMITIVES * *******************************/ %% random(-R:float) is det. % % Binds R to a new random float in the _open_ interval (0.0,1.0). % % @see setrand/1, getrand/1 may be used to fetch/set the state. % @see In SWI-Prolog, random/1 is implemented by the function % random_float/0. random(R) :- R is random_float. %% random_between(+L:int, +U:int, -R:int) is semidet. % % Binds R to a random integer in [L,U] (i.e., including both L and % U). Fails silently if U= L, R is L+random((U+1)-L). random_between(L, U, _) :- must_be(integer, L), must_be(integer, U). %% random(+L:int, +U:int, -R:int) is det. %% random(+L:float, +U:float, -R:float) is det. % % Generate a random integer or float in a range. If L and U are % both integers, R is a random integer in the half open interval % [L,U). If L and U are both floats, R is a float in the open % interval (L,U). % % @deprecated Please use random/1 for generating a random float % and random_between/3 for generating a random integer. Note that % the random_between/3 includes the upper bound, while this % predicate excludes the upper bound. random(L, U, R) :- integer(L), integer(U), !, R is L+random(U-L). random(L, U, R) :- number(L), number(U), !, R is L+((U-L)*random_float). random(L, U, _) :- must_be(number, L), must_be(number, U). /******************************* * STATE * *******************************/ %% setrand(+State) is det. %% getrand(-State) is det. % % Query/set the state of the random generator. This is intended % for restarting the generator at a known state only. The % predicate setrand/1 accepts an opaque term returned by % getrand/1. This term may be asserted, written and read. The % application may not make other assumptions about this term. % % For compatibility reasons with older versions of this library, % setrand/1 also accepts a term rand(A,B,C), where A, B and C are % integers in the range 1..30,000. This argument is used to seed % the random generator. Deprecated. % % @see set_random/1 and random_property/1 provide the SWI-Prolog % native implementation. % @error existence_error(random_state, _) is raised if the % underlying infrastructure cannot fetch the random state. % This is currently the case if SWI-Prolog is not compiled % with the GMP library. setrand(rand(A,B,C)) :- !, Seed is A<<30+B<<15+C, set_random(seed(Seed)). setrand(State) :- set_random(state(State)). :- if(current_predicate(random_property/1)). getrand(State) :- random_property(state(State)). :- else. getrand(State) :- existence_error(random_state, State). :- endif. /******************************* * MAYBE * *******************************/ %% maybe is semidet. % % Succeed/fail with equal probability (variant of maybe/1). maybe :- random(2) =:= 0. %% maybe(+P) is semidet. % % Succeed with probability P, fail with probability 1-P maybe(P) :- must_be(between(0.0,1.0), P), random_float < P. %% maybe(+K, +N) is semidet. % % Succeed with probability K/N (variant of maybe/1) maybe(K, N) :- integer(K), integer(N), between(0, N, K), !, random(N) < K. maybe(K, N) :- must_be(nonneg, K), must_be(nonneg, N), domain_error(not_less_than_zero,N-K). /******************************* * PERMUTATION * *******************************/ %% random_perm2(?A, ?B, ?X, ?Y) is semidet. % % Does X=A,Y=B or X=B,Y=A with equal probability. random_perm2(A,B, X,Y) :- ( maybe -> X = A, Y = B ; X = B, Y = A ). /******************************* * SET AND LIST OPERATIONS * *******************************/ %% random_member(-X, +List:list) is semidet. % % X is a random member of List. Equivalent to random_between(1, % |List|), followed by nth1/3. Fails of List is the empty list. % % @compat Quintus and SICStus libraries. random_member(X, List) :- List \== [], length(List, Len), N is random(Len), nth0(N, List, X). %% random_select(-X, +List, -Rest) is semidet. %% random_select(+X, -List, +Rest) is det. % % Randomly select or insert an element. Either List or Rest must % be a list. Fails if List is the empty list. % % @compat Quintus and SICStus libraries. random_select(X, List, Rest) :- ( '$skip_list'(Len, List, Tail), Tail == [] -> true ; '$skip_list'(RLen, Rest, Tail), Tail == [] -> Len is RLen+1 ), !, Len > 0, N is random(Len), nth0(N, List, X, Rest). random_select(_, List, Rest) :- partial_list(List), partial_list(Rest), instantiation_error(List+Rest). random_select(_, List, Rest) :- must_be(list, List), must_be(list, Rest). %% randset(+K:int, +N:int, -S:list(int)) is det. % % S is a sorted list of K unique random integers in the range % 1..N. Implemented by enumerating 1..N and deciding whether or % not the number should be part of the set. For example: % % == % ?- randset(5, 5, S). % S = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. (always) % ?- randset(5, 20, S). % S = [2, 7, 10, 19, 20]. % == % % @see randseq/3. % @bug Slow if N is large and K is small. randset(K, N, S) :- must_be(nonneg, K), K =< N, randset(K, N, [], S). randset(0, _, S, S) :- !. randset(K, N, Si, So) :- random(N) < K, !, J is K-1, M is N-1, randset(J, M, [N|Si], So). randset(K, N, Si, So) :- M is N-1, randset(K, M, Si, So). %% randseq(+K:int, +N:int, -List:list(int)) is det. % % S is a list of K unique random integers in the range 1..N. The % order is random. Works as if defined by the following code. % % == % randseq(K, N, List) :- % randset(K, N, Set), % random_permutation(Set, List). % == % % @see randset/3. randseq(K, N, S) :- randseq(K, N, L, []), keysort(L, R), pairs_values(R, S). randseq(0, _, S, S) :- !. randseq(K, N, [Y-N|Si], So) :- random(N) < K, !, random(Y), J is K-1, M is N-1, randseq(J, M, Si, So). randseq(K, N, Si, So) :- M is N-1, randseq(K, M, Si, So). %% random_permutation(+List, -Permutation) is det. %% random_permutation(-List, +Permutation) is det. % % Permutation is a random permutation of List. This is intended to % process the elements of List in random order. The predicate is % symmetric. % % @error instantiation_error, type_error(list, _). random_permutation(List1, List2) :- is_list(List1), !, random_permutation_(List1, List2). random_permutation(List1, List2) :- is_list(List2), !, random_permutation_(List2, List1). random_permutation(List1, List2) :- partial_list(List1), partial_list(List2), !, instantiation_error(List1+List2). random_permutation(List1, List2) :- must_be(list, List1), must_be(list, List2). random_permutation_(List, RandomPermutation) :- key_random(List, Keyed), keysort(Keyed, Sorted), pairs_values(Sorted, RandomPermutation). key_random([], []). key_random([H|T0], [K-H|T]) :- random(K), key_random(T0, T). %% partial_list(@Term) is semidet. % % True if Term is a partial list. partial_list(List) :- '$skip_list'(_, List, Tail), var(Tail). :- multifile prolog:message//1. prolog:message(random(no_gmp)) --> [ 'This version of SWI-Prolog is not compiled with GMP support.'-[], nl, 'Floating point random operations are not supported.'-[] ].