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Not recommended. Generates uniform random numbers, positive real numbers greater than or equal to 0.0 and less than 1.0. Instead, use the RANDOM_NUMBER intrinsic subroutine.
Class
None (does not correspond to any of the defined categories).
Result Type and Attributes
real(4) scalar.
Related Information
SRAND(SEED) can be used to specify a seed value for the random number sequence.
If the function result is assigned to an array, all array elements receive the same value.
Examples
The following is an example of a program using the RAND function.
DO I = 1, 5
R = RAND()
PRINT *, R
ENDDO
END
The following is sample output generated by the above program:
0.2251586914
0.8285522461
0.6456298828
0.2496948242
0.2215576172
Specific Names
This function only has a specific name.
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