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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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