Generating very large random numbers java

Well, one way is to go to Random.org and download a one of the binary random files. The files are generated from atmospheric noise, so it's very random. I used it for Zobrist keys in my chess engine.

Alternatively you could go

BigInteger b = new BigInteger(256, new Random());

which will give you what you want. In this example, a BigInteger consisting of 256 bits.


Combine Random.nextBytes(byte[]) with BigInteger(byte[]).

import java.util.*;
import java.math.*;
class Test{
    public static void main(String[]_){

        int n = 16;

        Random r = new Random();
        byte[] b = new byte[n];
        r.nextBytes(b);
        BigInteger i = new BigInteger(b);

        System.out.println(i);
    }
}