参考这一文 http://hawstein.com/posts/19.10.html
比书上写得好
package Moderate;
/**
*
* Write a method to generate a random number between 1 and 7, given a method that generates a random number between 1 and 5 (i.e., implement rand7() using rand5()).
译文:
给你一个能生成1到5随机数的函数,用它写一个函数生成1到7的随机数。 (即,使用函数rand5()来实现函数rand7())。
*
*/
public class S17_11 {
public static int rand7() {
while (true) {
// 0,1,2,3,4 -> 0,5,10,15,20 -> evenly distributed in 0 - 24
int num = 5 * rand5() + rand5();
if (num < 21) {
return num % 7;
}
}
}
public static int rand5() {
return (int) (Math.random() * 100) % 5;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
/* Test: call rand7 many times and inspect the results. */
int[] arr = new int[7];
int test_size = 1000000;
for (int k = 0; k < test_size; k++) {
arr[rand7()]++;
}
for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
double percent = 100.0 * arr[i] / test_size;
System.out.println(i + " appeared " + percent + "% of the time.");
}
}
}