diff --git a/src/frontend/parse.c b/src/frontend/parse.c
index a8dd2e113..913e4814a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/parse.c
+++ b/src/frontend/parse.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ typedef void* cx_function_t(void*,short int,int,int*,short int*);
 
 struct func ft_funcs[] = {
         { "mag",    cx_mag } ,
-        { "magnitude",  cx_mag } ,
+        { "magnitude", cx_mag } ,
         { "ph",     cx_ph } ,
         { "phase",  cx_ph } ,
         { "j",      cx_j } ,
@@ -161,13 +161,14 @@ struct func ft_funcs[] = {
         { "atan",   cx_atan } ,
         { "norm",   cx_norm } ,
         { "rnd",    cx_rnd } ,
+        { "sunif",  cx_sunif } ,
         { "sgauss", cx_sgauss } ,
         { "pos",    cx_pos } ,
         { "mean",   cx_mean } ,
-        { "avg",   cx_avg } ,                /* A.Roldan 03/06/05 incremental average new function */
-        { "group_delay",  (cx_function_t*) cx_group_delay } , /* A.Roldan 10/06/05 group delay new function */
+        { "avg",    cx_avg } ,               /* A.Roldan 03/06/05 incremental average new function */
+        { "group_delay", (cx_function_t*) cx_group_delay } , /* A.Roldan 10/06/05 group delay new function */
         { "vector", cx_vector } ,
-        { "unitvec",    cx_unitvec } ,
+        { "unitvec", cx_unitvec } ,
         { "length", cx_length } ,
         { "vecmin", cx_min } ,
         { "vecmax", cx_max } ,
diff --git a/src/include/fteext.h b/src/include/fteext.h
index bc06d39a7..59b50778c 100644
--- a/src/include/fteext.h
+++ b/src/include/fteext.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ extern void *cx_atan(void *, short int , int , int *, short int *);
 extern void *cx_norm(void *, short int , int , int *, short int *);
 extern void *cx_uminus(void *, short int , int , int *, short int *);
 extern void *cx_rnd(void *, short int , int , int *, short int *);
+extern void *cx_sunif(void *, short int , int , int *, short int *);
 extern void *cx_sgauss(void *, short int , int , int *, short int *);
 extern void *cx_mean(void *, short int , int , int *, short int *);
 extern void *cx_avg(void *, short int , int , int *, short int *);
diff --git a/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.c b/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.c
index 5102b4a90..3104747fd 100644
--- a/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.c
+++ b/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ extern void srandom (unsigned int seed);
 #endif
 
 extern void checkseed(void); /* seed random or set by 'set rndseed=value'*/
+extern double drand(void);  /* from randnumb.c */
 extern double gauss(void);  /* from randnumb.c */
 
 static double *
@@ -245,6 +246,35 @@ cx_rnd(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtyp
   }
 }
 
+void *
+cx_sunif(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtype)
+{
+    *newlength = length;
+    checkseed();
+    if (type == VF_COMPLEX) {
+      complex *c;
+      int i;
+
+      c = alloc_c(length);
+      *newtype = VF_COMPLEX;
+      for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        realpart(&c[i]) = drand();
+        imagpart(&c[i]) = drand();
+      }
+      return ((void *) c);
+    } else {
+      double *d;
+      int i;
+
+      d = alloc_d(length);
+      *newtype = VF_REAL;
+      for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        d[i] = drand();
+    }
+    return ((void *) d);
+  }
+}
+
 void *
 cx_sgauss(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtype)
 {
@@ -252,7 +282,6 @@ cx_sgauss(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *new
     checkseed();
     if (type == VF_COMPLEX) {
       complex *c;
-      complex *cc = (complex *) data;
       int i;
 
       c = alloc_c(length);
@@ -264,7 +293,6 @@ cx_sgauss(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *new
       return ((void *) c);
     } else {
       double *d;
-      double *dd = (double *) data;
       int i;
 
       d = alloc_d(length);
@@ -276,7 +304,6 @@ cx_sgauss(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *new
   }
 }
 
-
 /* Compute the avg of a vector.
    Created by A.M.Roldan 2005-05-21  */
    
diff --git a/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.h b/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.h
index f2462b63f..3ce8f54f7 100644
--- a/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.h
+++ b/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ void * cx_atan(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int
 void * cx_norm(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtype);
 void * cx_uminus(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtype);
 void * cx_rnd(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtype);
+void * cx_sunif(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtype);
 void * cx_sgauss(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtype);
 void * cx_mean(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtype);
 void * cx_length(void *data, short int type, int length, int *newlength, short int *newtype);