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.TH PGARandomFlip 5 "05/01/95" " " "PGAPack"
.SH NAME
PGARandomFlip \- flip a biased coin and return PGA_TRUE if the coin is
a "winner."  
.SH DESCRIPTION
Otherwise, return PGA_FALSE.
.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
ctx
- context variable
.PD 0
.TP
p
- biased probability (.5 is a fair coin)
.PD 1
.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
none

.PD 1
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include "pgapack.h"
int  PGARandomFlip(ctx, p)
PGAContext *ctx
double p
.fi
.SH LOCATION
random.c
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
Example:
To return PGA_TRUE approximately seventy percent of the time, use

PGAContext *ctx;
int p;
:
PGARandomFlip(ctx, 0.7)

.fi