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Release calc version 2.12.2.2

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Landon Curt Noll
2007-10-16 05:26:19 -07:00
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@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ NAME
random - Blum-Blum-Shub pseudo-random number generator
SYNOPSIS
random([[min, ] max])
random([[min, ] beyond])
TYPES
min integer
max integer
beyond integer
return integer
DESCRIPTION
Generate a pseudo-random number using a Blum-Blum-Shub generator.
We return a pseudo-random number over the half closed interval [min,max).
By default, min is 0 and max is 2^64.
We return a pseudo-random number over the half closed interval:
[min,beyond) ((min <= return < beyond))
By default, min is 0 and beyond is 2^64.
While the Blum-Blum-Shub generator is not painfully slow, it is not
a fast generator. For a faster, but lesser quality generator
@@ -22,8 +25,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
Other arg forms:
random() Same as rand(0, 2^64)
random(max) Same as rand(0, max)
random() Same as random(0, 2^64)
random(beyond) Same as random(0, beyond)
The random generator generates the highest order bit first. Thus:
@@ -146,17 +149,17 @@ EXAMPLE
10 483381144668580304003305 0 -70235
LIMITS
min < max
min < beyond
LINK LIBRARY
void zrandom(long cnt, ZVALUE *res)
void zrandomrange(ZVALUE low, ZVALUE high, ZVALUE *res)
long irandom(long max)
void zrandomrange(ZVALUE low, ZVALUE beyond, ZVALUE *res)
long irandom(long beyond)
SEE ALSO
seed, srand, randbit, isrand, rand, srandom, israndom
## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll
## Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Landon Curt Noll
##
## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
@@ -172,8 +175,8 @@ SEE ALSO
## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc.
## 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
##
## @(#) $Revision: 30.1 $
## @(#) $Id: random,v 30.1 2007/03/16 11:10:42 chongo Exp $
## @(#) $Revision: 30.3 $
## @(#) $Id: random,v 30.3 2007/09/21 02:16:29 chongo Exp $
## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/random,v $
##
## Under source code control: 1997/02/17 01:18:22