Matrix1 Utility Plug-ins

MAKE RNG RAND


Syntax

MAKE RNG RAND RndId
MAKE RNG RAND RndId, Scale
MAKE RNG RAND RndId, Lower limit, Upper limit

Description

These commands create a generator that is equivalent to the standard Unix lrand generator.

The first form of this command will create a generator that returns a number ranging from 0 up to (but not including) 1.

The second form of this command will create a generator that returns a number ranging from 0 up to (but not including) the scale you specify.

The third form of this command will create a generator that returns a number ranging from the lower limit specified, up to (but not including) the upper limit specified.

Type = Linear Congruential / rand48
Cycle size = 2^48-1
Memory usage = 8 bytes
Relative speed = 80

Description = "Mathematical methods in large-scale computing units", D. H. Lehmer, Proc. 2nd Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machines, Harvard University Press, 1951, pp. 141-146

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