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1.1     ! root        1: .TH RAND 3C "19 January 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: rand, srand \- random number generator
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .nf
        !             6: .B srand(seed)
        !             7: .B int seed;
        !             8: .PP
        !             9: .B rand()
        !            10: .fi
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: .ft B
        !            13: The newer random(3) should be used in new applications;
        !            14: rand remains for compatibilty.
        !            15: .ft R
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .I Rand
        !            18: uses a multiplicative congruential
        !            19: random number generator
        !            20: with period 2\u\s732\s0\d
        !            21: to return successive pseudo-random
        !            22: numbers in the range from 0 to 2\u\s731\s10\d\-1.
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: The generator is reinitialized by calling
        !            25: .I srand
        !            26: with 1 as argument.
        !            27: It can be set to a random starting point by calling
        !            28: .I srand
        !            29: with whatever you like as argument.
        !            30: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            31: random(3)

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