Implementing A Pseudorandom Number Generator In Python From Scratch

Learn to implement Linear Congruential Generator (LCG), a pseudorandom number generator in Python

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Computers use deterministic algorithms to generate Pseudorandom numbers.

These algorithms called Pseudorandom number generators (PRNGs) take a seed value and return a Pseudo-random number.

Let’s talk about one of such popular algorithms.

Note that true randomness is usually generated by Hardware Random Number Generators (HRNGs)/ environmental noise/ quantum processes etc. These are not discussed in this article.