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/*  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.

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    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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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)).

/** <module> 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.

random_between(L, U, R) :-
	integer(L), integer(U), !,
	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.'-[]
	].