debian man page for ns_rand

ns_rand(3aolserver)					    AOLserver Built-In Commands 				       ns_rand(3aolserver)

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NAME
       ns_rand - commands

SYNOPSIS
       ns_rand ?max?
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DESCRIPTION
       ns_rand	generates  a  cryptographically-secure random number.  If max is not specified, the random number is a floating-point value n such
       that 0.0 <= n < 1.0.

       If max is specified, it must be a positive integer between 0 and 2147483647.  The return value is an integer value such that 0 <= n <= (max
       - 1).

       Internally  ns_rand is implemented with the drand48(3) and lrand48(3) standard library functions.  An internal random seed is generated the
       first time ns_rand is called after the server starts.

EXAMPLES
	nscp> ns_rand
	0.39938485692

	nscp> ns_rand 10
	7

SEE ALSO
       nsd(1), info(n), drand48(3), lrand48(3)

KEYWORDS
AOLserver								4.0						       ns_rand(3aolserver)