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dir: /man/2/security-random/
.TH SECURITY-RANDOM 2 .SH NAME random: randomint, randombuf \- random number generation .SH SYNOPSIS .EX include "keyring.m"; include "security.m"; random := load Random Random->PATH; randomint: fn(which: int): int; randombuf: fn(which, n: int): array of byte; .EE .SH DESCRIPTION .B Randomint and .B randombuf return random or not-quite-random data obtained from .B /dev/random or .BR /dev/notquiterandom . .B Randomint returns a random integer; .B randombuf returns an array of length .I n filled with random bytes. In both functions, .I which may be either .B ReallyRandom or .B NotQuiteRandom to select the random data source. .SH FILES .B /dev/random .br .B /dev/notquiterandom .SH SOURCE .B /appl/lib/random.b .SH SEE ALSO .IR rand (2), .IR cons (3)