Doc/lib/librand.tex

   1 \section{\module{rand} ---
   2          None}
   3 \declaremodule{standard}{rand}
   4
   5 \modulesynopsis{None}
   6
   7
   8 The \code{rand} module simulates the C library's \code{rand()}
   9 interface, though the results aren't necessarily compatible with any
  10 given library's implementation.  While still supported for
  11 compatibility, the \code{rand} module is now considered obsolete; if
  12 possible, use the \code{whrandom} module instead.
  13
  14
  15 \begin{funcdesc}{choice}{seq}
  16 Returns a random element from the sequence \var{seq}.
  17 \end{funcdesc}
  18
  19 \begin{funcdesc}{rand}{}
  20 Return a random integer between 0 and 32767, inclusive.
  21 \end{funcdesc}
  22
  23 \begin{funcdesc}{srand}{seed}
  24 Set a starting seed value for the random number generator; \var{seed}
  25 can be an arbitrary integer.
  26 \end{funcdesc}
  27
  28 \begin{seealso}
  29   \seemodule{random}{Python's interface to random number generators.}
  30   \seemodule{whrandom}{The random number generator used by default.}
  31 \end{seealso}