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/*
*  Description:
*
*    A simple pseudorandom number generator class.
*
*  History:
*
*    Initial version created by Royal, July, 2004.
*
*  Notes:
*
*    This code has been written to conform to standard C++ and STL. It has been
*    compiled successfully using GNU C++ 3.2 (MinGW), Borland C++ 5.5, and Visual C++ 7.0.
*
*/
#ifndef RAND_H
#define RAND_H

#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>

class Rand
{
public:
    Rand()
    {
        std::srand((unsigned int)std::time(0));
        rand_ = std::rand();
    }
    
    Rand(int upper, int low = 0)
    {
        std::srand((unsigned int)std::time(NULL));
        int temp;
        while (1) 
        {
            temp = std::rand() % upper;
            if (temp >= low)
            {
                rand_ = temp;
                break;
            }
        }        
    }
    
    operator int() const
    { 
        return rand_; 
    }
private:
    int rand_;
};

#endif