NAME

     rand, srand - random number generator


SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     void srand(unsigned seed)
     unsigned rand(void)


DESCRIPTION

     Rand uses a multiplicative congruential random  number  gen-
     erator  with period 2**32 to return successive pseudo-random
     numbers in the range from 0 to RAND_MAX.

     The generator is reinitialized by calling srand  with  1  as
     argument.   It can be set to a random starting point by cal-
     ling srand with whatever you like as argument.


SEE ALSO

     random(3).