v7 man page for rand

Query: rand

OS: v7

Section: 3

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RAND(3) 						     Library Functions Manual							   RAND(3)

NAME
rand, srand - random number generator
SYNOPSIS
srand(seed) int seed; rand( )
DESCRIPTION
Rand uses a multiplicative congruential random number generator with period 232 to return successive pseudo-random numbers in the range from 0 to 215-1. The generator is reinitialized by calling srand with 1 as argument. It can be set to a random starting point by calling srand with what- ever you like as argument. RAND(3)
Related Man Pages
rand(3) - osx
rand_r(3) - mojave
sranddev(3) - osx
rand(3ucb) - sunos
srand(3ucb) - opensolaris
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