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# Pseudo-random number generation

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< c‎ | numeric

Defined in header `<stdlib.h>`
rand | generates a pseudo-random number (function) [edit]
srand | seeds pseudo-random number generator (function) [edit]
RAND_MAX | maximum possible value generated by rand() (macro constant) [edit]

### [edit] References

- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

  - 7.22.2 Pseudo-random sequence generation functions (p: 346-347)

- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

  - 7.20.2 Pseudo-random sequence generation functions (p: 312-313)

- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):

  - 4.10.2 Pseudo-random sequence generation functions

### [edit] See also

C++ documentation for Pseudo-random number generation

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