For compatibility with HP FORTRAN 77/iX, the RAN intrinsic is provided as an alias for RAND. See RAND — Real pseudo-random number for complete documentation.
GNU extension
Function
RAND — Real pseudo-random number, RANDOM_NUMBER — Pseudo-random number
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