PGARandom01(5)

PGARandom015

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

Usage

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

Overview

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

Location

random.c

Examples

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

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

  1. 5.0–8

From pgapack 1.1.1-3 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.