.\" @(#)rand.3 6.4 (Berkeley) %G%
rand, srand \- random number generator
These interfaces are obsoleted by random(3).
They are available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
uses a multiplicative congruential
random number generator with period
to return successive pseudo-random
numbers in the range from 0 to
.if t 2\u\s731\s10\d\(mi1.
The generator is reinitialized by calling
It can be set to a random starting point by calling
with whatever you like as argument.