How do you generate a random double uniformly distributed between 0 and 1 from C++?

Question

How do you generate a random double uniformly distributed between 0 and 1 from C++?

Of course I can think of some answers, but I\'d like to know what the standard pr

Answer 1

An old school solution like:

double X=((double)rand()/(double)RAND_MAX);

Should meet all your criteria (portable, standard and fast). obviously the random number generated has to be seeded the standard procedure is something like:

srand((unsigned)time(NULL));