rand(3F)                                                 rand(3F)



NAME
     irand, srand, rand - provide a Fortran uniform random-number
     generator

SYNOPSIS
     call srand(iseed)

     i=irand()

     x=rand()

DESCRIPTION
     irand generates successive pseudo-random numbers in the
     range from 0 to 2**15-1.

     rand generates pseudo-random numbers distributed in (0,
     1.0).  srand uses its integer argument to reinitialize the
     seed for successive invocations of irand and rand.

SEE ALSO
     rand(3C)


































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