1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/Subsampling/include/gudhi/pick_n_random_points.h b/src/Subsampling/include/gudhi/pick_n_random_points.h
index a67b2b84..c2c71f83 100644
--- a/src/Subsampling/include/gudhi/pick_n_random_points.h
+++ b/src/Subsampling/include/gudhi/pick_n_random_points.h
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ void pick_n_random_points(Point_container const &points,
   Gudhi::Clock t;
 #endif
 
+  std::random_device rd;
+  std::mt19937 g(rd());
+
+#if __cplusplus >= 201703L
+  std::sample(std::begin(points), std::end(points), output_it, final_size, g);
+#else
   std::size_t nbP = boost::size(points);
   if (final_size > nbP)
       final_size = nbP;
@@ -51,14 +57,12 @@ void pick_n_random_points(Point_container const &points,
   std::vector<int> landmarks(nbP);
   std::iota(landmarks.begin(), landmarks.end(), 0);
 
-  std::random_device rd;
-  std::mt19937 g(rd());
-
   std::shuffle(landmarks.begin(), landmarks.end(), g);
   landmarks.resize(final_size);
 
   for (int l : landmarks)
     *output_it++ = points[l];
+#endif
 
 #ifdef GUDHI_SUBSAMPLING_PROFILING
   t.end();