How do I generate a random number using the C++11 standard library

Question

The new C++11 Standard has a whole chapter dedicated to random number generators. But how do I perform the simplest, most common task that used to be coded like this, but wi

Answer 1

I use the following code in my project. 'engine' and 'distribution' can be one of the provided by the library.

#include 
#include 
#include 
...
std::uniform_int_distribution unif;
std::random_device rd;
std::mt19937 engine(rd());
std::function rnd = std::bind(unif, engine);

std::cout << rnd() << '\n';