rand(3F)

rand, irand, srand - random number generator

As shipped in IRIX 6.5. First release of IRIX 6.5.

NAME
     rand, irand, srand - random number generator

SYNOPSIS
     integer iseed, i, irand
     double precision x, rand

     call srand(iseed)

     i = irand( )

     x = rand( )

DESCRIPTION
     Irand generates successive pseudo-random integers in the range from 0 to
     2**15-1.  rand generates pseudo-random numbers distributed in [0, 1.0].
     Srand uses its integer argument to re-initialize the seed for successive
     invocations of irand and rand.

SEE ALSO
     rand(3C).