Math::GSL::QRNG(3pm)

💖 Math::GSL::QRNG — quasi-random number generators, but make it cute ✨

okay so bestie, this is Math::GSL::QRNG, part of the Math::GSL family, and it's documented as User Contributed Perl Documentation for the Math::GSL::QRNG(3pm) manual page. it's a Perl interface to the GNU Scientific Library quasi-random number generators, a.k.a. QRNGs. no cap, these are the fancy low-discrepancy girlies of the randomness world.

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🎀 NAME

Math::GSL::QRNG — Quasi-random number generators 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS

# use OO approach
use Math::GSL::QRNG;

my $QRNG = Math::GSL::QRNG::Sobol->new(2);
my @samples = $QRNG->get();

# use GSL interface
use Math::GSL::QRNG qw/:all/;

like, two whole ways to live your truth. pick your fighter 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION

This module interfaces with GNU Scientific Library quasi-random number generators (QRNG). periodt. that's the vibe.

💫 OO Interface

The OO Interface described in this documentation is available to all different subclasses, namely:

• Math::GSL::QRNG::Sobol
• Math::GSL::QRNG::Niederreiter2
• Math::GSL::QRNG::Halton
• Math::GSL::QRNG::ReverseHalton

four iconic subclasses, all sharing the same OO glow-up. main character energy across the board 👑

🔁 reinit

Reinitializes the generator to its starting point. Note that quasi-random sequences do not use a seed and always produce the same set of values.

$qrng->reinit();

fr fr, no seed, no chaos — same values every single time. it's giving determined 💀

🍓 get

Retrieves the next point from the sequence generator. Returns undef on error.

my @points = $qrng->get();

🌈 name

Retrieves the QRNG name.

my $name = $qrng->name();

📏 state_size

Returns the size of the QRNG state.

🧚 clone

Returns an exact copy of the current QRNG.

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💅 GSL API

Here is a list of all the functions included in this module :

• gsl_qrng_alloc($T, $n) — This function returns a pointer to a newly-created instance of a quasi-random sequence generator of type $T and dimension $d. The type $T must be one of the constants included in this module.
• gsl_qrng_clone($q) — This function returns a pointer to a newly created generator which is an exact copy of the generator $q.
• gsl_qrng_memcpy($dest, $src) — This function copies the quasi-random sequence generator $src into the pre-existing generator $dest, making $dest into an exact copy of $src. The two generators must be of the same type.
• gsl_qrng_free($q) — This function frees all the memory associated with the generator $q. Don't call this function explicitly. It will be called automatically in DESTROY.

bestie do NOT call gsl_qrng_free yourself. it's handled for you in DESTROY. let the destructor do its thing, she's got this 🙈

• gsl_qrng_init($q) — This function reinitializes the generator $q to its starting point. Note that quasi-random sequences do not use a seed and always produce the same set of values.
• gsl_qrng_name($q) — This function returns a pointer to the name of the generator $q.
• gsl_qrng_size($q) — This function returns the size of the state of generator r from the generator $q. You can use this information to access the state directly.
• gsl_qrng_state($q) — This function returns a pointer to the state of generator r from the generator $q. You can use this information to access the state directly.
• gsl_qrng_get

This module also contains the following constants :

• $gsl_qrng_niederreiter_2
• $gsl_qrng_sobol
• $gsl_qrng_halton
• $gsl_qrng_reversehalton

For more information on the functions, we refer you to the GSL official documentation: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/>

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🌟 EXAMPLES

this section is just vibes and empty space in the source, bestie. nothing here. we move 💀✨

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👑 AUTHORS

• Jonathan "Duke" Leto <jonathan@leto.net>
• Thierry Moisan <thierry.moisan@gmail.com>
• Alberto Simões <ambs@cpan.org>

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📜 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2008-2024 Jonathan "Duke" Leto and Thierry Moisan

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this was rendered for perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-20, on the Math::GSL::QRNG(3pm) page. slay, stay quasi-random, and remember — no seed, no notes, just iconic deterministic sequences 💜🌈⭐