RAND(3) RAND(3) NAME rand, srand - random number generator SYNOPSIS srand(seed) int seed; rand( ) DESCRIPTION Rand uses a multiplicative congruential random number gener- ator with period 232 to return successive pseudo-random num- bers in the range from 0 to 215-1. The generator is reinitialized by calling srand with 1 as argument. It can be set to a random starting point by call- ing srand with whatever you like as argument.