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Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for AIX Version 3 Release 3: Guide and Reference


Overview of the Random Number Generation Subroutines

Random number generation subroutines generate uniformly distributed random numbers or normally distributed random numbers (Table 167).

Table 167. List of Random Number Generation Subroutines

Descriptive Name Short- Precision Subroutine Long- Precision Subroutine Page
Generate a Vector of Uniformly Distributed Random Numbers SURAND DURAND SURAND and DURAND--Generate a Vector of Uniformly Distributed Random Numbers
Generate a Vector of Normally Distributed Random Numbers SNRAND DNRAND SNRAND and DNRAND--Generate a Vector of Normally Distributed Random Numbers
Generate a Vector of Long Period Uniformly Distributed Random Numbers SURXOR DURXOR SURXOR and DURXOR--Generate a Vector of Long Period Uniformly Distributed Random Numbers


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