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-\section{Standard Module \module{whrandom}}
-\label{module-whrandom}
-\stmodindex{whrandom}
-
-This module implements a Wichmann-Hill pseudo-random number generator
-class that is also named \code{whrandom}. Instances of the
-\code{whrandom} class have the following methods:
-
-\begin{funcdesc}{choice}{seq}
-Chooses a random element from the non-empty sequence \var{seq} and returns it.
-\end{funcdesc}
-
-\begin{funcdesc}{randint}{a, b}
-Returns a random integer \var{N} such that \code{\var{a}<=\var{N}<=\var{b}}.
-\end{funcdesc}
-
-\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}
-
-\begin{funcdesc}{uniform}{a, b}
-Returns a random real number \var{N} such that \code{\var{a}<=\var{N}<\var{b}}.
-\end{funcdesc}
-
-When imported, the \code{whrandom} module also creates an instance of
-the \code{whrandom} class, and makes the methods of that instance
-available at the module level. Therefore one can write either
-\code{N = whrandom.random()} or:
-\begin{verbatim}
-generator = whrandom.whrandom()
-N = generator.random()
-\end{verbatim}
-%
-\begin{seealso}
-\seemodule{random}{generators for various random distributions}
-\seetext{Wichmann, B. A. \& Hill, I. D., ``Algorithm AS 183:
-An efficient and portable pseudo-random number generator'',
-\emph{Applied Statistics} 31 (1982) 188-190}
-\end{seealso}