Not recommended. Generates uniform random numbers, positive real numbers greater than or equal to 0.0 and less than 1.0. Instead, use the standards conforming RANDOM_NUMBER(HARVEST) intrinsic subroutine.
None (does not correspond to any of the defined categories).
real(4) scalar.
SRAND(SEED) can be used to specify a seed value for the random number sequence.
If the function result is assigned to an array, all array elements receive the same value.
The following is an example of a program using the RAND function.
DO I = 1, 5 R = RAND() PRINT *, R ENDDO END
The following is sample output generated by the above program:
0.2251586914 0.8285522461 0.6456298828 0.2496948242 0.2215576172
This function only has a specific name.