$Random Seed

Build seed specifying series of $RANDOM results

Most Sirius $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

<section begin="syntax" />%result = $Random_Seed(%seed, seed_value) <section end="syntax" />

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

• Sirius functions
• Fast/Unload User Language Interface
• Janus Open Client
• Janus Open Server
• Janus Sockets
• Janus Web Server
• Japanese functions
• Sir2000 Field Migration Facility