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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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        !            18: .\"    @(#)rand.3      6.5 (Berkeley) 5/15/90
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        !            20: .TH RAND 3 "May 15, 1990"
        !            21: .AT 3
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: rand, srand \- bad random number generator
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .nf
        !            26: .ft B
        !            27: void
        !            28: srand(seed)
        !            29: unsigned int seed;
        !            30: 
        !            31: rand()
        !            32: .fi
        !            33: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            34: .ft B
        !            35: These interfaces are obsoleted by random(3).
        !            36: .ft R
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: The
        !            39: .I rand
        !            40: function computes a sequence of pseudo-random integers in the range
        !            41: of 0 to
        !            42: .I RAND_MAX
        !            43: (as defined by the header file <stdlib.h>).
        !            44: .PP
        !            45: The
        !            46: .I srand
        !            47: function sets its argument as the seed for a new sequence of
        !            48: pseudo-random numbers to be returned by
        !            49: .IR rand .
        !            50: These sequences are repeatable by calling
        !            51: .I srand
        !            52: with the same seed value.
        !            53: .PP
        !            54: If no seed value is provided, the functions are automatically
        !            55: seeded with a value of 1.
        !            56: .SH STANDARDS
        !            57: .B Rand
        !            58: and
        !            59: .B srand
        !            60: conform to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').
        !            61: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            62: random(3)

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