Generating random numbers
Sometimes you need to generate random numbers, perhaps in a game that simulates rolls of a die, or for use with cryptography in encryption or signing.
There are a couple of classes that can generate random numbers in .NET Standard, as shown in the following diagram:
Generating random numbers for games
In scenarios that don't need truly random numbers, you can use the Random class, as shown in the following code example:
var r = new Random();
Random has a constructor with a parameter for specifying a seed value used to initialize a pseudo-random number generator, as shown in the following code:
var r = new Random(Seed: 12345);
Note
Good Practice
As you learned in Chapter 2, Speaking C#, parameter names should use camel case. The developer who defined the constructor for the Random class broke this convention! The parameter name should be seed, not Seed.
Note
Shared seed values act as a secret key, so if you use the same random number generation algorithm with the same seed...
