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1.1     ! root        1: .TH RAND 3F "18 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: rand, drand, irand \- return random values
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B function irand (iflag)
        !             7: .sp 1
        !             8: .B function rand (iflag)
        !             9: .sp 1
        !            10: .B double precision function drand (iflag)
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: These functions use
        !            13: .IR rand (3C)
        !            14: to generate sequences of random numbers.
        !            15: If
        !            16: .I iflag
        !            17: is '1', the generator is restarted and the first random value is returned.
        !            18: If
        !            19: .I iflag
        !            20: is otherwise non-zero, it is used as a new seed for the random number
        !            21: generator, and the first new random value is returned.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: .I Irand
        !            24: returns positive integers in the range 0 through 2147483647.
        !            25: .I Rand
        !            26: and
        !            27: .I drand
        !            28: return values in the range 0. through 1.0 .
        !            29: .SH FILES
        !            30: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libF77.a
        !            31: .el /usr/lib/libF77.a
        !            32: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            33: rand(3C)
        !            34: .SH BUGS

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