$Random Seed: Difference between revisions

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Build seed specifying series of $RANDOM results

Note: Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $Random_Seed function is the RandomNumberGenerator class.

This function sets a %variable or IMAGE item to a value that can be used by $Random, so that the series of numbers returned by $Random is reproducible.

$Random_Seed accepts two required arguments and returns zero.

Syntax

%result = $Random_Seed(%seed, seed_value)

Syntax terms

%result	A zero, which indicates success. If any argument is invalid or omitted, the request is cancelled.
%seed	A %variable or IMAGE item to be set to a random number seed. This argument must be a string of length at least 144. `%seed` is initialized for a series of `$Random` results that depends on `seed_value`.
seed_value	A number that determines the `$Random` series. This argument must be greater than or equal to -1,000,000,000 and less than or equal to 1,000,000,000.

Examples

See the description of $Random for examples of the use of $Random_Seed.

Products authorizing $Random_Seed

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 {{DISPLAYTITLE:$Random_Seed}}
-<span class="pageSubtitle">Build seed specifying series of $RANDOM results</span>
+<span class="pageSubtitle">Build seed specifying series of <var>$RANDOM</var> results</span>
-<p class="warning">Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $Random_Seed function is the [[RandomNumberGenerator class]].</p>
+<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $Random_Seed function is the [[RandomNumberGenerator class]].</p>
-This function sets a %variable or IMAGE item to a value that can be used by $Random, so that the series of numbers returned by $Random is reproducible.
+This function sets a %variable or IMAGE item to a value that can be used by <var>[[$Random]]</var>, so that the series of numbers returned by <var>$Random</var> is reproducible.
 <var>$Random_Seed</var> accepts two required arguments and returns zero.
-The first argument is a %variable or IMAGE item to be set to a random number seed. This argument must be a string of length at least 144.
+==Syntax==
+<p class="syntax"><span class="term">%result</span> = $Random_Seed(%seed, seed_value)
+</p>
-The second argument specifies a number that determines the $Random series. This argument must be greater than or equal to -1,000,000,000 and less than or equal to 1,000,000,000.
+===Syntax terms===
+<table class="syntaxTable">
+<tr><th>%result</th>
+<td>A zero, which indicates success.
+If any argument is invalid or omitted, the request is cancelled.
+</td></tr>
-==Syntax==
+<tr><th>%seed</th>
-<p class="syntax"><section begin="syntax" /> %RESULT = $Random_Seed(%SEED, seed_value)
+<td>A %variable or IMAGE item to be set to a random number seed. This argument must be a string of length at least 144. <var class="term">%seed</var> is initialized for a series of <var>$Random</var> results that depends on <var class="term">seed_value</var>.</td></tr>
-<section end="syntax" /></p>
-<p class="caption">$Random_Seed Function
-</p>
-<p class="caption">%SEED is initialized for a series of $Random results that depends on '''seed_value'''.</p>
-If any argument is invalid or omitted, the request is cancelled.
+<tr><th>seed_value</th>
+<td>A number that determines the <var>$Random</var> series. This argument must be greater than or equal to -1,000,000,000 and less than or equal to 1,000,000,000.</td></tr>
+</table>
-See the description of $Random for examples of the use of $Random_Seed.
+==Examples==
+See the description of <var>$Random</var> for examples of the use of <var>$Random_Seed</var>.
+==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}==
 <ul class="smallAndTightList">
-<li>[[Sirius functions]]</li>
+<li>[[List of $functions|Sirius functions]]</li>
 <li>[[Fast/Unload User Language Interface]]</li>
-<li>[[Janus Open Client]]</li>
+<li>[[Media:JoclrNew.pdf|Janus Open Client]]</li>
-<li>[[Janus Open Server]]</li>
+<li>[[Media:JosrvrNew.pdf|Janus Open Server]]</li>
 <li>[[Janus Sockets]]</li>
 <li>[[Janus Web Server]]</li>
-<li>[[Japanese functions]]</li>
+<li>Japanese functions</li>
-<li>[[Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li>
+<li>[[Media:SirfieldNew.pdf|Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li>
 </ul>
-<p class="caption">Products authorizing $Random_Seed
-</p>
-[[Category:$Functions|$Random_SEED]]
+[[Category:$Functions|$Random_Seed]]