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ANSI Common Lisp  12 Numbers 12.2 Dictionary of Numbers
- Syntax:
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random
limit &optional random-state
 random-number
- Arguments and Values:
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limit - a positive integer,
or a positive float.
random-state - a random state.
The default is the current random state.
random-number - a non-negative number
less than limit
and of the same type as limit.
- Description:
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Returns a pseudo-random number that is a non-negative number
less than limit and of the same type as limit.
The random-state, which is modified by this function,
encodes the internal state maintained by the random number generator.
An approximately uniform choice distribution is used. If limit
is an integer, each of the possible results occurs with
(approximate) probability 1/limit.
- Examples:
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(<= 0 (random 1000) 1000) true
(let ((state1 (make-random-state))
(state2 (make-random-state)))
(= (random 1000 state1) (random 1000 state2))) true
- Side Effects:
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The random-state is modified.
- Exceptional Situations:
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Should signal an error of type type-error if limit is not a positive integer or a positive real.
- See Also:
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make-random-state, *random-state*
- Notes:
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See Common Lisp: The Language for information about generating random numbers.
- Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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See cl:random and cl:make-random-state for information on the Allegro CL implementation of random.
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