Perl srand Function
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Description
This function sets the seed value for the random number generator to EXPR or to a random value based on the time, process ID, and other values if EXPR is omitted
Syntax
Following is the simple syntax for this function −
srand EXPR srand
Return Value
This function does not return any value.
Example
Following is the example code showing its basic usage −
Live Demo#!/usr/bin/perl -w srand(26); print("Here's a random number: ", rand(), ".\n"); srand(26); print("Here's the same random number: ", rand(), ".\n");
When above code is executed, it produces the following result −
Here's a random number: 0.811688061411591. Here's the same random number: 0.811688061411591.
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