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$RANDOM

1977 Version of ANSI Standard

3.2.8 Functions function

$R[ANDOM]( intexpr )

returns a random or pseudo-random integer uniformly distributed in the closed interval [0, intexpr - 1]. If the value of intexpr is less than 1, an error will occur.

See also the transition diagram for $Random.

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