RAND
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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 whatever you like as argument.
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