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| author |   deraadt <deraadt@openbsd.org> | 1996-05-04 11:57:28 +0000 |
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| committer | deraadt <deraadt@openbsd.org> | 1996-05-04 11:57:28 +0000 |
| commit | 66a4259c9c40483188184eeef52400a52a2b5d28 (patch) | |
| tree | 65927e02c7ce2b0586164199352465ff6d9eaeb1 /lib/libc/stdlib | |
| parent | correct -P, $PRINTER, and DEFLP interactions. bug reported by scott.burns@labatt.com (diff) | |
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document largest possible value; netbsd pr#2338; from banshee@gabriella.resort.com
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 index 38c15a9803e..f52a26eb5bc 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)random.3 6.5 (Berkeley) 4/19/91 -.\" $Id: random.3,v 1.1.1.1 1995/10/18 08:42:19 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $Id: random.3,v 1.2 1996/05/04 11:57:28 deraadt Exp $ .\" .Dd April 19, 1991 .Dt RANDOM 3 @@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ default table of size 31 long integers to return successive pseudo-random numbers in the range from 0 to .if t 2\u\s731\s10\d\(mi1. .if n (2**31)\(mi1. +The maximum value returned by +.Fn random +is +.Dv LONG_MAX +(as defined by the header file +.Aq Pa limits.h ) . The period of this random number generator is very large, approximately .if t 16\(mu(2\u\s731\s10\d\(mi1). .if n 16*((2**31)\(mi1). |