[Haskell-beginners] randmomR produces only even values

[martin]

Hello all


When I read:

mkStdGen :: Int -> StdGen

The function mkStdGen provides an alternative way of producing an initial generator, by mapping an Int into a generator.
Again, distinct arguments should be likely to produce distinct generators.

I thought, that

> fst $ R.randomR (1,10) (R.mkStdGen s)

should get me a random value between 1 and 10 and that I get different values depending on the seed s. But this

> length $ filter even $ map (\s -> fst $ randomR (1::Int,10) (mkStdGen s))[1..1000]

gives my 1000, i.e. all random numbers are even numbers.

However, when I use random instead of randomR

> length $ filter even $ map (\s -> fst $ random (mkStdGen s) ::Int)[1..1000]

I get 499 (okay)

Why is that so?