/* -*-c-*-
*
- * $Id: mprand.h,v 1.1 1999/12/10 23:23:05 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: mprand.h,v 1.2 1999/12/22 15:55:43 mdw Exp $
*
* Generate a random multiprecision integer
*
/*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
*
* $Log: mprand.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.2 1999/12/22 15:55:43 mdw
+ * Add `mprand_range'.
+ *
* Revision 1.1 1999/12/10 23:23:05 mdw
* Support for generating random large integers.
*
extern mp *mprand(mp */*d*/, unsigned /*b*/, grand */*r*/, mpw /*or*/);
+/* --- @mprand_range@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments: @mp *d@ = destination integer
+ * @mp *l@ = limit for random number
+ * @grand *r@ = random number source
+ * @mpw or@ = mask for low-order bits
+ *
+ * Returns: A pseudorandom integer, unformly distributed over the
+ * interval %$[0, l)$%.
+ *
+ * Use: Generates a uniformly-distributed pseudorandom number in the
+ * appropriate range.
+ */
+
+extern mp *mprand_range(mp */*d*/, mp */*l*/, grand */*r*/, mpw /*or*/);
+
/*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/
#ifdef __cplusplus