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RAND(2)								       RAND(2)

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; subse‐
       quent 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)

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