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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2010-09-12 16:29:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2010-09-22 07:44:46 +0200 |
| commit | 91e9dd28a57e20507f206e06bdb967620572c938 (patch) | |
| tree | 00f16b4f3c91c7a6ce21eef7679961088a54e351 /man3 | |
| parent | d931893ba31377009bc33c08d5313821a4000386 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-91e9dd28a57e20507f206e06bdb967620572c938.tar.gz | |
rand.3: Clarify description of range of returned value
Reported-by: Mark Hills <mark@pogo.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/rand.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man3/rand.3 b/man3/rand.3 index 4587c8bfda..88f651585f 100644 --- a/man3/rand.3 +++ b/man3/rand.3 @@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 1 || _XOPEN_SOURCE || _POSIX_SOURCE The .BR rand () function returns a pseudo-random integer in -the range [0,\ \fBRAND_MAX\fR]. +the range 0 to +.BR RAND_MAX +inclusive (i.e., the mathematical range [0,\ \fBRAND_MAX\fR]). .PP The .BR srand () @@ -119,9 +121,9 @@ The .BR rand () and .BR rand_r () -functions return a value -between 0 and -.BR RAND_MAX . +functions return a value between 0 and +.BR RAND_MAX +(inclusive). The .BR srand () function returns no value. |