bench: use random_uniform

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Author: anandkaranubc

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/minmaxabs/benchmark/c/native/benchmark.c

@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ static double tic( void ) {
 }
 
 /**
-* Generates a random number on the interval [0,1).
+* Generates a random number on the interval [min,max).
 *
-* @return random number
+* @param min    minimum value (inclusive)
+* @param max    maximum value (exclusive)
+* @return       random number
 */
-static double rand_double( void ) {
-	int r = rand();
-	return (double)r / ( (double)RAND_MAX + 1.0 );
+static double random_uniform( const double min, const double max ) {
+	double v = (double)rand() / ( (double)RAND_MAX + 1.0 );
+	return min + ( v*(max-min) );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -99,8 +101,8 @@ static double benchmark( void ) {
 	int i;
 
 	for( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
-		x[ i ] = ( 1000.0*rand_double() ) - 500.0;
-		y[ i ] = ( 1000.0*rand_double() ) - 500.0;
+		x[ i ] = random_uniform( -500.0, 500.0 );
+		y[ i ] = random_uniform( -500.0, 500.0 );
 	}
 
 	t = tic();