RANDOM_NUMBER — Pseudo-random number#
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RANDOM_NUMBER(HARVEST)#
Returns a single pseudorandom number or an array of pseudorandom numbers from the uniform distribution over the range 0 leq x < 1.
- Parameters
HARVEST – Shall be a scalar or an array of type
REAL
.
- Standard:
Fortran 90 and later
- Class:
Subroutine
- Syntax:
CALL RANDOM_NUMBER(HARVEST)
- Example:
program test_random_number REAL :: r(5,5) CALL RANDOM_NUMBER(r) end program
- See also:
RANDOM_SEED — Initialize a pseudo-random number sequence, RANDOM_INIT — Initialize a pseudo-random number generator