Hello

I'm trying to use C random generator function drand48() which return floating-point values, uniformly distributed over [0,1], (http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/drand48.html). When values are returned to R, they are not in [0,1]. A simple C program using drand48() gives values in [0,1] so I suppose there is a problem (type definition ?) between C and R. Here are R and C function and an example.

# R function
simulC <- function(n)
  {
dyn.load("test.so")
simR <- runif(n)
simC <- .C("test",
       as.integer(n),
       res=double(n))$res
out <- list(simR=simR,simC=simC)
out
}

// C function
void test(int *n,double *res)
{
  int i;
  for(i=0;i<*n;i++) {res[i] = drand48();}
}

# Result of x <- simulC(5)
> x
$simR
 [1] 0.398567942 0.866053345 0.332070718 0.535814830 0.473418784
$simC
 [1] -1222291199   211182456  1007036963  1254056690  -646279915


Any help will be greatly appreciated, S�bastien



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S�bastien D�jean ~~~~~~~~~~~
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