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- <h2 align=center>random</h2>
- <h4 align=center>OS/161 Reference Manual</h4>
- <h3>Name</h3>
- random - pseudorandom number generation
- <h3>Library</h3>
- Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
- <h3>Synopsis</h3>
- #include <stdlib.h><br>
- <br>
- long<br>
- random(void);<br>
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- void<br>
- srandom(unsigned long <em>seed</em>);<br>
- <h3>Description</h3>
- random returns a number between 0 and 0x7fffffff (RAND_MAX). This
- number is selected using a rather complex generator which is believed
- to generate randomness of an acceptable (though not cryptographic)
- quality. Unlike with some generators, all bits of the values returned
- are random.
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- srandom initializes the generator state based on the passed-in
- <em>seed</em>. If srandom is not called, the sequence of numbers
- returned by random is the same as if srandom had been called with a
- <em>seed</em> of 1.
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- The implementation of random and srandom used in OS/161 is software
- developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its
- contributors.
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