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Re: Random number generator
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arnold |
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Re: Random number generator |
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Sun, 22 Aug 2021 12:56:55 -0600 |
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"Andrew J. Schorr" <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 02:46:34PM -0400, copper tracer wrote:
> > Is it possible that someone tell me where (in the code) is the integer
> > generated by (C function) rnd converted to a float (as is the output of awk
> > rnd).
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> I'm not sure that I understand your question; are you asking where in
> the source code to find the implementation of gawk's rand() function?
> If so, the answer is builtin.c:do_rand().
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> Regards,
> Andy
Andy's answer is correct.
Arnold