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NAME

       PGARandom01 - generates a uniform random number on the interval [0,1)

DESCRIPTION

       If  the  second  argument is 0 it returns the next random number in the
       sequence.  Otherwise, the second argument is used as a new seed for the
       population

INPUT PARAMETERS

       ctx    - context variable
       newseed
              -  either  0 to get the next random number, or nonzero to reseed
              Outputs: A random number on the interval [0,1)

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       none

SYNOPSIS

       #include "pgapack.h"
       double  PGARandom01(ctx, newseed)
       PGAContext *ctx
       int newseed

LOCATION

       random.c

EXAMPLE

       PGAContext *ctx;
       double r;
       :
       r = PGARandom01(ctx,0);

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