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new 88046d6 doc: header_rewrite random function not inclusive (#7760)
(#7781)
88046d6 is described below
commit 88046d6ba4daf31633e62b59706cb0777288f0c8
Author: mlibbey <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon May 10 16:08:47 2021 -0700
doc: header_rewrite random function not inclusive (#7760) (#7781)
In testing %{RANDOM:3}, ATS only prints 0,1, and 2. The code
rand_r(&_seed) % _max)
implies that the n value would not be chosen.
(cherry picked from commit 22cd7dafeddd5bec8b1623e9c135bb54f4160ee0)
---
doc/admin-guide/plugins/header_rewrite.en.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/admin-guide/plugins/header_rewrite.en.rst
b/doc/admin-guide/plugins/header_rewrite.en.rst
index c3419e1..2e6b894 100644
--- a/doc/admin-guide/plugins/header_rewrite.en.rst
+++ b/doc/admin-guide/plugins/header_rewrite.en.rst
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ RANDOM
cond %{RANDOM:<n>} <operand>
-Generates a random integer between ``0`` and ``<n>``, inclusive.
+Generates a random integer from ``0`` up to (but not including) ``<n>``.
Mathmatically, ``[0,n)`` or ``0 <= r < n``.
STATUS
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