#include #include #include /* * as per scribblemaniac's explanation: * t - number of trials * n - character count * p - probability * condition: >=1 matches * formula: t = log(1-p)/log(1-1/32^n) * comes from: * distribution X~Binomial(t, 1/32^n) * P(X>=1)=p */ const double probs[] = { 0.5, 0.8, 0.9, 0.95, 0.99 }; const int charcounts[] = { 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 }; int main(void) { printf(" |"); for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(probs)/sizeof(probs[0]); ++i) { printf(" %11d%% |",(int)((probs[i]*100)+0.5)); } printf("\n"); printf("---+"); for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(probs)/sizeof(probs[0]); ++i) { printf("--------------+"); } printf("\n"); for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(charcounts)/sizeof(charcounts[0]); ++i) { printf("%2d |",charcounts[i]); for (size_t j = 0; j < sizeof(probs)/sizeof(probs[0]); ++j) { double t = log2(1 - probs[j]) / log2(1 - (1 / pow(32,charcounts[i]))); printf(" %12.0f |",t); } printf("\n"); } return 0; }