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SEED Seed the Random Number Generator

Usage

Seeds the random number generator using the given integer seeds. Changing the seed allows you to choose which pseudo-random sequence is generated. The seed takes two uint32 values:

  seed(s,t)

where s and t are the seed values.

Example

Here's an example of how the seed value can be used to reproduce a specific random number sequence.

--> seed(32,41);
--> rand(1,5)
ans = 
  <double>  - size: [1 5]
 
Columns 1 to 2
    0.858889267293040         0.372711154975280      
 
Columns 3 to 4
    0.555128777998597         0.955656548991768      
 
Columns 5 to 5
    0.736669598011224      
--> seed(32,41);
--> rand(1,5)
ans = 
  <double>  - size: [1 5]
 
Columns 1 to 2
    0.858889267293040         0.372711154975280      
 
Columns 3 to 4
    0.555128777998597         0.955656548991768      
 
Columns 5 to 5
    0.736669598011224



Samit K. Basu 2005-03-16