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# $EPIC: srand.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/20 16:57:01 sthalik Exp $

Synopsis:

$srand()

Technical:

  • All arguments, if any, are ignored.
  • This function “seeds” the “random number” generator with the current system time. See the help file on Random_Numbers for more information about what seeding the “random number” generator is good for.
  • This function returns the empty string.

Practical:

If you use the pseudo-random-number generator (described in the random number help file), you will always get the same sequence of numbers each time you use epic, unless you “seed” the pseudo-random-number generator first by calling the $srand() function. If you do not use the pseudo- random-number generator (and you don't, by default), then this function has no effect and it is not neccesary to call it.

Returns:

This function always returns the empty string.

History:

This function first appeared in ircII.

srand.txt · Last modified: 2006/08/29 16:08 by 127.0.0.1