Guardian Native C Library Calls Reference Manual (G06.28+, H06.05+)

Guardian Native C Library Calls (j - m) jrand48(3)
Guardian functions are available to convert between floating-point formats. Refer to the Guar-
dian Programmer’s Guide for a discussion of floating-point conversions.
RETURN VALUES
The jrand48() function returns signed long integers uniformly distributed over the range $-2 sup
31˜<=˜y˜<˜2 sup 31$.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: drand48(3), erand48(3), fp_class(3), isnan(3), lcong48(3), lrand48(3), mrand48(3),
nrand48(3), rand(3), seed48(3), srand48(3).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
This function conforms to the XPG4 Version 2 specification when used for IEEE floating-point
format data.
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