[#BN_pseudo_rand_range]
= BN_pseudo_rand_range
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Generate a pseudo‐random BIGNUM in [0, ]`range)` (deprecated; prefer BN_rand_range).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/bn.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
[[deprecated]]
int
BN_pseudo_rand_range(
    xref:BIGNUM.adoc[BIGNUM]* rnd,
    xref:BIGNUM.adoc[BIGNUM] const* range);
----

[WARNING]
====
https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
====
== Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *rnd*
| Destination for the random value.
| *range*
| Exclusive upper bound; must be positive.
|===


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