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.TH RANDOM 3F "May 15, 1985"
random, drandm, irandm \- better random number generator
.B function irandm (iflag)
.B function random (iflag)
.B double precision function drandm (iflag)
to generate sequences of random numbers, and
should be used rather than the older functions described in
is non-zero, it is used as a new seed for the random number
generator, and the first new random value is returned.
returns positive integers in the range 0 through 2147483647 ( 2**31-1).
return values in the range 0. through 1.0 by dividing the integer random number
.ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libF77.a