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Represents a pseudo-random number generator, a device that produces a sequence of numbers that meet certain statistical requirements for randomness.

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Constructors Visibility Constructor Parameters public Random ( ) public Random ( Int32 Seed )   Methods Visibility Name Parameters Return Type public Next ( Int32 maxValue ) Int32 public Next ( ) Int32 public Next ( Int32 minValue , Int32 maxValue ) Int32 public NextBytes ( Byte buffer ) Void public NextDouble ( ) Double protected Sample ( ) Double

Pseudo-random numbers are chosen with equal probability from a finite set of numbers. The chosen numbers are not completely random because a definite mathematical algorithm is used to select them, but they are sufficiently random for practical purposes.

The random number generation starts from a seed value. If the same seed is used repeatedly, the same series of numbers is generated. One way to produce different sequences is to make the seed value time-dependent, thereby producing a different series with each new instance of Random.

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