Thread: Help me understand this code...

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    Help me understand this code...

    I want to make sure i understand what the following code is doing:
    Code:
    #include <math.h>
         float expdev(long *idum) {
                   float ran0(long *idum);
                   float dummy;
                   do
                       dummy=ran0(idum);
                  while (dummy == 0.0);
                 return -log(dummy);
    }
    So when someone calls on expdev, passing in idum, the value of idum is changed via ran0 correct? so if idum is 3 to start out with and runs once, the 2nd run of this function will have a different idum value right?

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    ran0 can change the value pointed to by idum, yes; whether it does or not, who knows.

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