Doc/librand.tex

   1 \section{Standard Module \module{rand}}
   2 \label{module-rand}
   3 \stmodindex{rand}
   4
   5 The \code{rand} module simulates the C library's \code{rand()}
   6 interface, though the results aren't necessarily compatible with any
   7 given library's implementation.  While still supported for
   8 compatibility, the \code{rand} module is now considered obsolete; if
   9 possible, use the \code{whrandom} module instead.
  10
  11
  12 \begin{funcdesc}{choice}{seq}
  13 Returns a random element from the sequence \var{seq}.
  14 \end{funcdesc}
  15
  16 \begin{funcdesc}{rand}{}
  17 Return a random integer between 0 and 32767, inclusive.
  18 \end{funcdesc}
  19
  20 \begin{funcdesc}{srand}{seed}
  21 Set a starting seed value for the random number generator; \var{seed}
  22 can be an arbitrary integer.
  23 \end{funcdesc}
  24
  25 \begin{seealso}
  26 \seemodule{whrandom}{the standard Python random number generator}
  27 \end{seealso}
  28