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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-05-10 06:48:31 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-05-10 06:48:31 +0000
commita6f9bd6588e597a979846ff4dfb6a3b3f9d8a635 (patch)
treecdcc0b4c26a37fe762ea5f5f6fb6b41855556d9a /lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
parent1a301a9eded6ff2ebf865d44aa8873eec059d988 (diff)
typos;
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/random.3')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/random.38
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
index 3d4545651bb..b98917a4427 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.14 2001/09/06 15:04:34 mpech Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.15 2003/05/10 06:48:30 jmc Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 19, 1991
.Dt RANDOM 3
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function uses a non-linear additive feedback random number generator employing
a default table of size 31 long integers to return successive pseudo-random
numbers in the range from 0 to (2**31)\-1.
The period of this random number generator is very large, approximately
-16*((2**31)\-1.
+16*((2**31)\-1).
.Pp
The
.Fn random
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ and
.Fn srandom
functions have (almost) the same calling sequence and initialization
properties as
-.Xr rand 3 Ns / Xr srand 3 .
+.Xr rand 3 Ns / Ns Xr srand 3 .
The difference is that
.Xr rand
produces a much less random sequence \(em in fact, the low dozen bits
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ as the seed.
.Pp
The
.Fn srandomdev
-routine initialize a state array using the
+routine initializes a state array using the
.Xr arandom 4
random number device which returns good random numbers,
suitable for cryptographic use.