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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)random.3f   6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH RANDOM 3F "May 15, 1985"
                      8: .UC 6
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: random, drandm, irandm \- better random number generator
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B function irandm (iflag)
                     13: .sp 1
                     14: .B function random (iflag)
                     15: .sp 1
                     16: .B double precision function drandm (iflag)
                     17: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     18: These functions use
                     19: .IR random (3)
                     20: to generate sequences of random numbers, and
                     21: should be used rather than the older functions described in
                     22: .I man 3f rand.
                     23: If
                     24: .I iflag
                     25: is non-zero, it is used as a new seed for the random number
                     26: generator, and the first new random value is returned.
                     27: .PP
                     28: .I Irandm
                     29: returns positive integers in the range 0 through 2147483647 ( 2**31-1).
                     30: .I Random
                     31: and
                     32: .I drandm
                     33: return values in the range 0. through 1.0 by dividing the integer random number
                     34: from
                     35: .IR random (3)
                     36: by 2147483647 .
                     37: .SH FILES
                     38: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libF77.a
                     39: .el /usr/lib/libF77.a
                     40: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     41: random(3)

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