Re: [Help-gsl] accessing random number generator from functions

[Joakim Hove]

Nathan Moore <address@hidden> writes:

> This is a general question about the scope of random number
> generators. 

A (gsl) random number generator is implemented as a struct, and %100
normal scoping rules apply.

Your code should be modified to pass a pointer to an rng instance to the
calculate_average function:


   double calculate_average(gsl_rng *rng , long num_terms) { 

   }  
 
   ....
   ....

   ave_x = calculate_average(dice , num_terms);



HTH - Joakim


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