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| -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, |