usr/share/man/cat3/rand.0

RAND(3)                     BSD Programmer's Manual                    RAND(3)

N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     r\bra\ban\bnd\bd, s\bsr\bra\ban\bnd\bd - bad random number generator

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     #\b#i\bin\bnc\bcl\blu\bud\bde\be <\b<s\bst\btd\bdl\bli\bib\bb.\b.h\bh>\b>

     _\bv_\bo_\bi_\bd
     s\bsr\bra\ban\bnd\bd(_\bu_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bg_\bn_\be_\bd _\bs_\be_\be_\bd);

     _\bi_\bn_\bt
     r\bra\ban\bnd\bd(_\bv_\bo_\bi_\bd);

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     T\bTh\bhe\bes\bse\be i\bin\bnt\bte\ber\brf\bfa\bac\bce\bes\bs a\bar\bre\be o\bob\bbs\bso\bol\ble\bet\bte\bed\bd b\bby\by r\bra\ban\bnd\bdo\bom\bm(\b(3\b3)\b).\b.

     The r\bra\ban\bnd\bd() function computes a sequence of pseudo-random integers in the
     range of 0 to RAND_MAX (as defined by the header file <_\bs_\bt_\bd_\bl_\bi_\bb_\b._\bh>).

     The s\bsr\bra\ban\bnd\bd() function sets its argument as the seed for a new sequence of
     pseudo-random numbers to be returned by r\bra\ban\bnd\bd().  These sequences are re-
     peatable by calling s\bsr\bra\ban\bnd\bd() with the same seed value.

     If no seed value is provided, the functions are automatically seeded with
     a value of 1.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
     random(3)

S\bST\bTA\bAN\bND\bDA\bAR\bRD\bDS\bS
     The r\bra\ban\bnd\bd() and s\bsr\bra\ban\bnd\bd() functions conform to ANSI C X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C
     '').

4.4BSD                           June 4, 1993                                1