ssrraanndd() -- General Function (libc)

Seed random number generator
#iinncclluuddee <ssttddlliibb.hh>
vvooiidd ssrraanndd(_s_e_e_d) iinntt _s_e_e_d;

ssrraanndd()  uses _s_e_e_d  to  initialize the  sequence  of pseudo-random  numbers
returned  by   rraanndd().  Different  values  of   _s_e_e_d  initialize  different
sequences.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e
For an example of this function, see the entry for rraanndd().

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o
lliibbcc, rraanndd(), ssttddlliibb.hh
_T_h_e _A_r_t _o_f _C_o_m_p_u_t_e_r _P_r_o_g_r_a_m_m_i_n_g, vol. 2
ANSI Standard, section 7.10.2.2
POSIX Standard, section 8.1

_N_o_t_e_s
For a  superior but non-standard random-number  generator, see the function
rraannddll(), described in the Lexicon article lliibbmmiisscc.
