Random.NextLong Method
Definition
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Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed long
value from this random number generator's sequence.
[Android.Runtime.Register("nextLong", "()J", "GetNextLongHandler")]
public virtual long NextLong ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("nextLong", "()J", "GetNextLongHandler")>]
abstract member NextLong : unit -> int64
override this.NextLong : unit -> int64
Returns
the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed long
value from this random number generator's sequence
- Attributes
Remarks
Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed long
value from this random number generator's sequence. The general contract of nextLong
is that one long
value is pseudorandomly generated and returned.
The method nextLong
is implemented by class Random
as if by:
{@code
public long nextLong() {
return ((long)next(32) << 32) + next(32);
}}
Because class Random
uses a seed with only 48 bits, this algorithm will not return all possible long
values.
Java documentation for java.util.Random.nextLong()
.
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