seed48() -- Random-Number Function (libc)

Initialize values from which 48-bit random numbers are computed
unsigned short *seed48(param)
unsigned short param[3];

Computation of  48-bit pseudo-random numbers  uses two 48-bit  integers and
one 16-bit integer.  One of the 48-bit values holds the ``seed'' value from
which the  48-bit pseudo-random  value is computed.   This seed can  be set
explicitly, or is  the previously computed pseudo-random number.  The other
48-bit integer holds the  multiplier from which the pseudo-random number is
computed; and the 16-bit integer gives holds the addend.

Function  seed48() initializes  the ``seed''  from  which a  48-bit pseudo-
random  number is  computed.  param  is  an array  of three  unsigned short
integers that together comprise the new 48-bit seed value.

seed48() returns  a pointer  to an array  of three unsigned  short integers
that holds the old seed.

See Also

libc,
srand48()

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness