trying to use 'std::experimental::randint()'

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Hello I'm trying to generate a random int between -2000 and 2000. I will then pass that int to the moveTo() function from the AccelStepper library.

The problem is that I get an error :

C:\Programming\Arduino\rand1900MotorTest\rand1900MotorTest.ino:3:31: 
fatal error: experimental/random: No such file or directory

My code works in codeblocks, but I cant even get it to compile in arduino because of the above error.
I have tried both

#include <experimental/random>

and

#include <experimental/random.h>

Both generate the same error. Do I have to download that library? I have googled around looking for the library to download it with no luck.

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Yes, you would have to download the library.

But why not simply use the standard arduino random() function?

int r = random (-2000, 2001);
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PaulRB:
Yes, you would have to download the library.

But why not simply use the standard arduino random() function?

int r = random (-2000, 2001);

Oh cool, I didn't know that existed. Thanks!

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For future reference, the Arduino language reference.