Open System Services Library Calls Reference Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

OSS Library Calls (n - r) nrand48(3)
IEEE value classes.
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 nrand48( ) function returns signed long integers uniformly distributed over the range
$0˜<=˜y<˜2 sup 31$.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: drand48(3), erand48(3), fp_class(3), isnan(3), jrand48(3), lcong48(3), lrand48(3),
mrand48(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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