Stumped on probability

[Alan]

I've tried fruitlessly to produce a function that returns true or false based on a probability value (0 - 1)

This is something i thought initially

bool b=true;
for(int i=0; i<N; ++i)
   b &= [random analog state]

But this only produces 1/2^N probabilities

help?

[Albatross]

So you want a 50% chance of b being 1? Or...

-Albatross

[Alan]

Oh sorry, I didnt state this clearly... I want a function that returns true of false based on a variable probability (of returning true)

bool randomBool(double p) { /* Code */ }

[Alan]

I'm being foolish... I just realized i could just do:

{ return rand() % N == 0 }

sorry. I solve problems this way sometimes :)

thanks anyway

[Albatross]

Aw... the person who asked the question beat me to the answer.

All well, it's better that way, actually.

-Albatross