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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man3/rand.3 b/static/unix-v10/man3/rand.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d502db75 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man3/rand.3 @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.pa 1 +.he 'RAND (III)'1/15/73'RAND (III)' +.ti 0 +NAME rand -- random number generator +.sp +.ti 0 +SYNOPSIS jsr pc,srand /to initialize +.br +jsr pc,rand /to get a random number +.sp +.ti 0 +DESCRIPTION The routine uses a multiplicative congruential +random number generator to return successive pseudo-random +numbers in r0 in the range from 1 to 2^15-1. +.sp +The generator is reinitialized by calling srand with 1 in r0. +.sp +It can be set to a random starting point by calling +srand with whatever you like in r0, +for example the result left in r1 from sys___ time____. +.sp +.ti 0 +FILES kept in /lib/liba.a +.sp +.ti 0 +SEE ALSO -- +.sp +.ti 0 +DIAGNOSTICS -- +.sp +.ti 0 +BUGS -- +.sp +.ti 0 +WARNING The author of this routine has been writing +random-number generators for many years and has never been +known to write one that worked. |