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<div><h1>setRandomSeed(String) -- set starting point for random number generator</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>setRandomSeed s</tt></div>
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<li><span>Function: <a href="_set__Random__Seed.html" title="set starting point for random number generator">setRandomSeed</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>s</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Consequences:<ul><li>Sets the random number seed to an integer computed from <tt>s</tt>. Every character of the string contributes to the seed, but only 32 bits of data are used. The sequence of future pseudo-random results is determined by the seed.</li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : setRandomSeed "thrkwjsxz"
o1 = 1267386136561992923</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : for i to 10 list random 100
o2 = {28, 70, 67, 31, 68, 14, 42, 24, 16, 14, 51}
o2 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : setRandomSeed "thrkwjsxz"
o3 = 1267386136561992923</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : for i to 10 list random 100
o4 = {28, 70, 67, 31, 68, 14, 42, 24, 16, 14, 51}
o4 : List</pre>
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