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Random Number Generator

This package provides a random number generator. To load the package, enter the query

| ?- use_module(library(random)).

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Binds Number to a random float in the interval [0.0, 1.0). Note that 1.0 will never be generated.

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Binds Number to a random integer in the interval [Lower,Upper) if Lower and Upper are integers. Otherwise Number is bound to a random float between Lower and Upper. Upper will never be generated.

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Generates a sequence of K unique integers chosen randomly in the range from 1 up to N. RandomSeq is not returned in any particular order.

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Generates an ordered set of K unique integers, chosen randomly in the range from 1 up to N. The set is returned in reversed order, with the largest element first and the smallest last.

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Tries to unify State with the term rand(X,Y,Z) where X, Y, and Z are integers describing the state of the random generator.

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Sets the state of the random generator. X, Y, and Z must be integers in the ranges [1,30269), [1,30307), and [1,30323), respectively.

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