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<h1><a name="NAME"
>NAME</a></h1>
<p>math.ops - Mathematical Opcodes</p>
<h1><a name="DESCRIPTION"
>DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p>Parrot's library of mathematical ops.</p>
<p>To use this library of ops,
add this directive to your PIR:</p>
<pre> .loadlib 'math_ops'</pre>
<dl>
<dt><a name="rand(out_NUM)"
><b>rand</b>(out NUM)</a></dt>
Set $1 to a random floating point number between 0 and 1, inclusive.
<dt><a name="rand(out_INT)"
><b>rand</b>(out INT)</a></dt>
Set $1 to a random integer between <code>[-2^31, 2^31)</code> .
<dt><a name="rand(out_NUM,_in_NUM)"
><b>rand</b>(out NUM, in NUM)</a></dt>
Set $1 to a random floating point number between 0 and and $2, inclusive.
<dt><a name="rand(out_INT,_in_INT)"
><b>rand</b>(out INT, in INT)</a></dt>
Set $1 to a integer between 0 and and $2, inclusive.
<dt><a name="rand(out_NUM,_in_NUM,_in_NUM)"
><b>rand</b>(out NUM, in NUM, in NUM)</a></dt>
Set $1 to a random floating point number between $2 and and $3, inclusive.
<dt><a name="srand(in_NUM)"
><b>srand</b>(in NUM)</a></dt>
Set the random number seed to $1. $1 is casted to an INTVAL.
<dt><a name="srand(in_INT)"
><b>srand</b>(in INT)</a></dt>
Set the random number seed to $1.
<dt><a name="rand(out_INT,_in_INT,_in_INT)"
><b>rand</b>(out INT, in INT, in INT)</a></dt>
Set $1 to a integer between $2 and and $3, inclusive.</dl>
<h1><a name="COPYRIGHT"
>COPYRIGHT</a></h1>
<p>Copyright (C) 2001-2009, Parrot Foundation.</p>
<h1><a name="LICENSE"
>LICENSE</a></h1>
<p>This program is free software. It is subject to the same license as the Parrot interpreter itself.</p>
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