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ARC4 PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator)

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Uses the ARC4 stream encryption algorithm as a pseudo random number generator.

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C++
#include <CkCrypt2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkCrypt2 crypt;

    // Set the encryption algorithm to ARC4:	
    crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("arc4");

    // We want the encrypted output to be a hex-encoded string.
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex");

    const char *key = "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F";
    const char *data = "12345678";

    // Key length is 128 bits in this example.
    crypt.put_KeyLength(128);
    crypt.SetEncodedKey(key,"hex");

    // Generate 16 "random" 8-byte blocks, encoded as hex strings.
    // This example will generate the identical output each time
    // it is run.
    const char *cipherHex = 0;
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i <= 15; i++) {
        cipherHex = crypt.encryptStringENC(data);
        std::cout << data << "\r\n";
        std::cout << cipherHex << "\r\n";
        data = cipherHex;
    }
    }