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PGARandomFlip(5)						      PGAPack							  PGARandomFlip(5)

NAME
       PGARandomFlip - flip a biased coin and return PGA_TRUE if the coin is a "winner."

DESCRIPTION
       Otherwise, return PGA_FALSE.

INPUT PARAMETERS
       ctx    - context variable
       p      - biased probability (.5 is a fair coin)

OUTPUT PARAMETERS
       none

SYNOPSIS
       #include "pgapack.h"
       int  PGARandomFlip(ctx, p)
       PGAContext *ctx
       double p

LOCATION
       random.c

EXAMPLE
       Example:
       To return PGA_TRUE approximately seventy percent of the time, use

       PGAContext *ctx;
       int p;
       :
       PGARandomFlip(ctx, 0.7)

								     05/01/95							  PGARandomFlip(5)