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# Linear congruential pseudorandom number generator
#
# Copyright (C) 2014  Patrick "P. J." McDermott
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

rand_x=1
rand_seeded=false

srand()
{
	local x="${1}"
	shift 1

	rand_x=${x}
	rand_seeded=true

	return 0
}

rand()
{
	# Automatically seed the LCG.
	if ! ${rand_seeded}; then
		srand $(expr ${$} + $(date '+%s'))
	fi

	# Increment, multiplier, and modulus values are those used in glibc.
	rand_x=$((1103515245 * $rand_x + 12345))
	rand_x=$(($rand_x % 4294967296))

	return 0
}