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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/libwhrandom.tex b/Doc/libwhrandom.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8ad2339 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/libwhrandom.tex @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{whrandom}} + +\stmodindex{whrandom} +This module implements a Wichmann-Hill pseudo-random number generator. +It defines the following functions: + +\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module whrandom)} +\begin{funcdesc}{random}{} +Returns the next random floating point number in the range [0.0 ... 1.0). +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{seed}{x\, y\, z} +Initializes the random number generator from the integers +\var{x}, +\var{y} +and +\var{z}. +When the module is first imported, the random number is initialized +using values derived from the current time. +\end{funcdesc} |