; RANDOM ;--------------------------------------------------------------- ;! Compute a random number from 0 to 1 ;# VERB POPS ;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; Copyright (C) 2004 ;; Associated Universities, Inc. Washington DC, USA. ;; ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or ;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as ;; published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of ;; the License, or (at your option) any later version. ;; ;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;; ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public ;; License along with this program; if not, write to the Free ;; Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, ;; MA 02139, USA. ;; ;; Correspondence concerning AIPS should be addressed as follows: ;; Internet email: aipsmail@nrao.edu. ;; Postal address: AIPS Project Office ;; National Radio Astronomy Observatory ;; 520 Edgemont Road ;; Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 USA ;----------------------------------------------------------------------- RANDOM LLLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUU CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ---------------------------------------------------------------- RANDOM Type: verb (function) Use: To find a random number from 0 to 1. Grammer: RANDOM value Or: RANDOM(value) where value is any POPS adverb. The adverb value is not examined or changed but the compiler requires this. The random number is left on the stack (replacing value). Example: X = RANDOM(I) Find a random number from 0 to 1 and save it in X. ----------------------------------------------------------------