


      RAND(3F)                    (UNIX 5.0)                   RAND(3F)



      NAME
           srand, rand - Fortran uniform random-number generator

      SYNTAX
           integer i
           double precision x, rand

           call srand(i)
           x = rand( )

      DESCRIPTION
           Srand takes its integer argument as the seed of a random-
           number generator, the values of which are returned through
           successive invocations of rand.

           The value returned by rand are double-precision floating
           point numbers evenly distributed between 0 and 1, exclusive
           of both 0 and 1.

      SEE ALSO
           rand(3C).


































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