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| author | Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> | 2002-07-18 23:34:36 +0100 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2002-07-18 21:32:52 +0000 |
| commit | 351f32542342b92f7303dec0a812c5301714120f (patch) | |
| tree | 3ba1bee1aef3661b3b77a15c3c908a2ffb3002e5 /pod | |
| parent | ff019190b10d1548efb9adf56145a5feb1d2cfef (diff) | |
| download | perl-351f32542342b92f7303dec0a812c5301714120f.tar.gz | |
[DOCPATCH] Re: [Patch] rand() functionality
Message-ID: <20020718213435.GN301@Bagpuss.unfortu.net>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17634
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 56201d4971..b7fcd52dc8 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -3741,8 +3741,10 @@ If EXPR is omitted, uses C<$_>. Returns a random fractional number greater than or equal to C<0> and less than the value of EXPR. (EXPR should be positive.) If EXPR is -omitted, or a C<0>, the value C<1> is used. Automatically calls C<srand> -unless C<srand> has already been called. See also C<srand>. +omitted, the value C<1> is used. Currently EXPR with the value C<0> is +also special-cased as C<1> - this has not been documented before perl 5.8.0 +and is subject to change in future versions of perl. Automatically calls +C<srand> unless C<srand> has already been called. See also C<srand>. Apply C<int()> to the value returned by C<rand()> if you want random integers instead of random fractional numbers. For example, |