1Random(3)                        OCaml library                       Random(3)
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NAME

6       Random - Pseudo-random number generators (PRNG).
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Module

9       Module   Random
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Documentation

12       Module Random
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16       Pseudo-random number generators (PRNG).
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24   Basic functions
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27       Initialize  the generator, using the argument as a seed.  The same seed
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34       Same as Random.init but takes more data as seed.
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40       Initialize the generator with a random seed chosen in  a  system-depen‐
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52       Before3.12.0  used  a  different  algorithm  (affects all the following
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61       Random.int bound returns a random integer  between  0  (inclusive)  and
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85       Random.int64  bound  returns a random integer between 0 (inclusive) and
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93       Random.float bound returns a random floating-point number between 0 and
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102       Random.bool () returns true or false with probability 0.5 each.
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107   Advanced functions
108       The functions from module Random.State manipulate the current state  of
109       the  random generator explicitly.  This allows using one or several de‐
110       terministic PRNGs, even in a multi-threaded program, without  interfer‐
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113       module State : sig end
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121       Return the current state of the generator used by the basic functions.
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127       Set the state of the generator used by the basic functions.
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133OCamldoc                          2021-01-26                         Random(3)