srand

Starts a new sequence of pseudo-random integers to be returned by subsequent calls to the rand function.

Library:LibC

Classification:ANSI

Service:General C Services

Syntax

  #include <stdlib.h> 
   
  void srand (
     unsigned int   seed);

Parameters

seed: (IN) Specifies the initial seed value passed in by the user.

Remarks

A particular sequence of pseudo-random integers can be repeated by calling srand with the same seed parameter value.

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