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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml | 50 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml index dcc6d756e1..93affc3191 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2009</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -49,9 +49,15 @@ strong. If a strong cryptographic random number generator is needed for example <c>crypto:rand_bytes/1</c> could be used instead.</p> </description> + <datatypes> + <datatype> + <name name="ran"/> + <desc><p>The state.</p></desc> + </datatype> + </datatypes> <funcs> <func> - <name>seed() -> ran()</name> + <name name="seed" arity="0"/> <fsummary>Seeds random number generation with default values</fsummary> <desc> <p>Seeds random number generation with default (fixed) values @@ -59,11 +65,8 @@ </desc> </func> <func> - <name>seed(A1, A2, A3) -> undefined | ran()</name> + <name name="seed" arity="3"/> <fsummary>Seeds random number generator</fsummary> - <type> - <v>A1 = A2 = A3 = integer()</v> - </type> <desc> <p>Seeds random number generation with integer values in the process dictionary, and returns the old state.</p> @@ -76,26 +79,23 @@ </desc> </func> <func> - <name>seed({A1, A2, A3}) -> undefined | ran()</name> + <name name="seed" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Seeds random number generator</fsummary> - <type> - <v>A1 = A2 = A3 = integer()</v> - </type> <desc> <p> - <c>seed({A1, A2, A3})</c> is equivalent to <c>seed(A1, A2, A3)</c>. + <c>seed({<anno>A1</anno>, <anno>A2</anno>, <anno>A3</anno>})</c> is equivalent to <c>seed(<anno>A1</anno>, <anno>A2</anno>, <anno>A3</anno>)</c>. </p> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>seed0() -> ran()</name> + <name name="seed0" arity="0"/> <fsummary>Return default state for random number generation</fsummary> <desc> <p>Returns the default state.</p> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>uniform()-> float()</name> + <name name="uniform" arity="0"/> <fsummary>Return a random float</fsummary> <desc> <p>Returns a random float uniformly distributed between <c>0.0</c> @@ -103,39 +103,29 @@ </desc> </func> <func> - <name>uniform(N) -> integer()</name> + <name name="uniform" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Return a random integer</fsummary> - <type> - <v>N = integer()</v> - </type> <desc> - <p>Given an integer <c>N >= 1</c>, <c>uniform/1</c> returns a + <p>Given an integer <c><anno>N</anno> >= 1</c>, <c>uniform/1</c> returns a random integer uniformly distributed between <c>1</c> and - <c>N</c>, updating the state in the process dictionary.</p> + <c><anno>N</anno></c>, updating the state in the process dictionary.</p> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>uniform_s(State0) -> {float(), State1}</name> + <name name="uniform_s" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Return a random float</fsummary> - <type> - <v>State0 = State1 = ran()</v> - </type> <desc> <p>Given a state, <c>uniform_s/1</c>returns a random float uniformly distributed between <c>0.0</c> and <c>1.0</c>, and a new state.</p> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>uniform_s(N, State0) -> {integer(), State1}</name> + <name name="uniform_s" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Return a random integer</fsummary> - <type> - <v>N = integer()</v> - <v>State0 = State1 = ran()</v> - </type> <desc> - <p>Given an integer <c>N >= 1</c> and a state, <c>uniform_s/2</c> + <p>Given an integer <c><anno>N</anno> >= 1</c> and a state, <c>uniform_s/2</c> returns a random integer uniformly distributed between <c>1</c> and - <c>N</c>, and a new state.</p> + <c><anno>N</anno></c>, and a new state.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> |