Binomial distribution help

[DimGio]

I would like to ask how can a create a random number generator sampling from the binomial distribution. The easiest way. For example a random number X~B(1,p)
Thank you!

 

[mikrom]

I would rather use ready library for that purpose.
Here

http://www.netlib.org/random/index.html

you can download the tar.gz archive

http://www.netlib.org/random/ranlib.c.tar.gz

.
It seems to do, what you need.

 

[mikrom]

The fortran file is

http://www.netlib.org/random/ranlib.f.tar.gz