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NAME

rand - pseudo random number generation

SYNOPSIS 

include "rand.m";
rand = load Rand Rand->PATH;

init:    fn(seed: int);
rand:    fn(modulus: int): int;
bigrand: fn(modulus: big): big;

DESCRIPTION

Init initialises the pseudo-random number generator with seed; subsequent calls to rand and bigrand return a pseudo-random sequence of integers or bigs respectively, between 0 and modulus-1. Modulus should be a non-negative integer; for bigrand, it should be less than 2^53.

SOURCE

/appl/lib/rand.b

SEE ALSO

security-random(2)

BUGS

The quality of the algorithm currently used is questionable.

RAND(2 ) Rev:  Thu Feb 15 14:43:27 GMT 2007