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  69. <h3 class="section">9.256 <code>SRAND</code> &mdash; Reinitialize the random number generator</h3>
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  74. <dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
  75. <dd><p><code>SRAND</code> reinitializes the pseudo-random number generator
  76. called by <code>RAND</code> and <code>IRAND</code>. The new seed used by the
  77. generator is specified by the required argument <var>SEED</var>.
  78. </p>
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  80. <dt><em>Standard</em>:</dt>
  81. <dd><p>GNU extension
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  84. <dt><em>Class</em>:</dt>
  85. <dd><p>Subroutine
  86. </p>
  87. </dd>
  88. <dt><em>Syntax</em>:</dt>
  89. <dd><p><code>CALL SRAND(SEED)</code>
  90. </p>
  91. </dd>
  92. <dt><em>Arguments</em>:</dt>
  93. <dd><table>
  94. <tr><td width="15%"><var>SEED</var></td><td width="70%">Shall be a scalar <code>INTEGER(kind=4)</code>.</td></tr>
  95. </table>
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  97. <dt><em>Return value</em>:</dt>
  98. <dd><p>Does not return anything.
  99. </p>
  100. </dd>
  101. <dt><em>Example</em>:</dt>
  102. <dd><p>See <code>RAND</code> and <code>IRAND</code> for examples.
  103. </p>
  104. </dd>
  105. <dt><em>Notes</em>:</dt>
  106. <dd><p>The Fortran standard specifies the intrinsic subroutines
  107. <code>RANDOM_SEED</code> to initialize the pseudo-random number
  108. generator and <code>RANDOM_NUMBER</code> to generate pseudo-random numbers.
  109. These subroutines should be used in new codes.
  110. </p>
  111. <p>Please note that in GNU Fortran, these two sets of intrinsics (<code>RAND</code>,
  112. <code>IRAND</code> and <code>SRAND</code> on the one hand, <code>RANDOM_NUMBER</code> and
  113. <code>RANDOM_SEED</code> on the other hand) access two independent
  114. pseudo-random number generators.
  115. </p>
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  117. <dt><em>See also</em>:</dt>
  118. <dd><p><a href="RAND.html#RAND">RAND</a>, <a href="RANDOM_005fSEED.html#RANDOM_005fSEED">RANDOM_SEED</a>, <a href="RANDOM_005fNUMBER.html#RANDOM_005fNUMBER">RANDOM_NUMBER</a>
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