get_urand
Read high-entropy random numbers from from /dev/urandom (Unix and Mac only)
Syntax
u = get_urand(n)
Arguments
input
n number of random numbers (default: 1)
output
u random numbers (double)
Description
Reads n unsigned 32-bit integers from /dev/urandom and converts them to double. Handy for initial seeding of RNGs; see rng_seed, startup. On systems without /dev/urandom an alternative is get_crand.