MemCom Reference Manual > MemCom (Old) Fortran77 API > Utility Functions > rdm

Name

rdm — Random number generator

Synopsis

subroutine rdmini(iseed)
integer*4 iseed

real*4 function rdmget()

Description

rdmget returns a uniform random sequence between 0.0 and 1.0. Set iseed to any positive integer value to initialize or re-initialize the sequence. rdmini initializes the MemCom random generator.

The MemCom initialization functions initialize the random number generator with iseed set to 3. If another iseed is desired, the random number generator should be re-initialized

Parameters

iseed

Initialization value (input). Must be in the range of 0 to 65536.