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- <H1>5.3. Standard Module <CODE>whrandom</CODE></H1>
- This module implements a Wichmann-Hill pseudo-random number generator.
- It defines the following functions:
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- <DL><DT><B>random</B> () -- function of module whrandom<DD>
- Returns the next random floating point number in the range [0.0 ... 1.0).
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- <DL><DT><B>seed</B> (<VAR>x</VAR>, <VAR>y</VAR>, <VAR>z</VAR>) -- function of module whrandom<DD>
- Initializes the random number generator from the integers
- <VAR>x</VAR>,
- <VAR>y</VAR>
- and
- <VAR>z</VAR>.
- When the module is first imported, the random number is initialized
- using values derived from the current time.
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