NAME
rand, srand - random number generator
SYNOPSIS
srand (seed)
unsigned seed;
rand()
DESCRIPTION
rand
uses a multiplicative congruential random number generator with period
2^32 to return successive pseudo-random numbers in the range from 0 to
2^15 -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.
SEE ALSO
nrand(3U)
,
reorder(3U)