PGARandom01 (5)

Generates a uniform random number on the interval [0,1)

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  4. PGARandom01: Generates a uniform random number on the interval [0,1)

DESCRIPTION

If the second argument is 0 it returns the next random number in the sequence. Otherwise, the second argument is used as a new seed for the population

INPUT PARAMETERS

ctx

- context variable

newseed

- either 0 to get the next random number, or nonzero to reseed Outputs: A random number on the interval [0,1)

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

none

SYNOPSIS

#include "pgapack.h"
double  PGARandom01(ctx, newseed)
PGAContext *ctx
int newseed

LOCATION

random.c

EXAMPLE

PGAContext *ctx;
double r;
:
r = PGARandom01(ctx,0);