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name: "clarnd.f"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "lapack-doc"
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release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
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# clarnd.f(3)

## NAME

TESTING/MATGEN/clarnd.f

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions/Subroutines

complex function **clarnd** (idist, iseed)\
 **CLARND**

## Function/Subroutine Documentation

### complex function clarnd (integer idist, integer, dimension( 4 ) iseed)

**CLARND**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> CLARND returns a random complex number from a uniform or normal
!> distribution.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*IDIST*

```
!>          IDIST is INTEGER
!>          Specifies the distribution of the random numbers:
!>          = 1:  real and imaginary parts each uniform (0,1)
!>          = 2:  real and imaginary parts each uniform (-1,1)
!>          = 3:  real and imaginary parts each normal (0,1)
!>          = 4:  uniformly distributed on the disc abs(z) <= 1
!>          = 5:  uniformly distributed on the circle abs(z) = 1
!>
```

*ISEED*

```
!>          ISEED is INTEGER array, dimension (4)
!>          On entry, the seed of the random number generator; the array
!>          elements must be between 0 and 4095, and ISEED(4) must be
!>          odd.
!>          On exit, the seed is updated.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

**Further Details:**

```
!>
!>  This routine calls the auxiliary routine SLARAN to generate a random
!>  real number from a uniform (0,1) distribution. The Box-Muller method
!>  is used to transform numbers from a uniform to a normal distribution.
!>
```

Definition at line **74** of file **clarnd.f**.

## Author

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