REVIEWED: GetRandomValue(), explained the new approach to get more uniform random values range

src/rcore.c

@@ -1743,20 +1743,23 @@ int GetRandomValue(int min, int max)
         TRACELOG(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid GetRandomValue() arguments, range should not be higher than %i", RAND_MAX);
     }
     
+    // NOTE: This one-line approach produces a non-uniform distribution,
+    // as stated by Donald Knuth in the book The Art of Programming, so
+    // using below approach for more uniform results
+    //value = (rand()%(abs(max - min) + 1) + min);
+
+    // More uniform range solution
     int range = (max - min) + 1;
 
     // Degenerate/overflow case: fall back to min (same behavior as "always min" instead of UB)
-    if (range <= 0)
+    if (range <= 0) value = min;
-    {
-        value = min;
-    }
     else
     {
         // Rejection sampling to get a uniform integer in [min, max]
         unsigned long c = (unsigned long)RAND_MAX + 1UL;  // number of possible rand() results
         unsigned long m = (unsigned long)range;           // size of the target interval
         unsigned long t = c - (c%m);                    // largest multiple of m <= c
-        unsigned long r;
+        unsigned long r = 0;
 
         for (;;)
         {
@@ -1764,7 +1767,6 @@ int GetRandomValue(int min, int max)
             if (r < t) break;   // Only accept values within the fair region
         }
 
-
         value = min + (int)(r%m);
     }
 #endif