SRAND(3P)

✨ PROLOG ✨

okay bestie, this is SRAND(3P) from the POSIX Programmer's Manual 💖. This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. But lowkey important: the Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. So do a vibe check before you assume anything, fr fr. 🙈

🎀 NAME 🎀

srand — pseudo-random number generator

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

okay so here's the exact signature, no cap:

#include <stdlib.h>

void srand(unsigned seed);

That's it. That's the whole thing. Slay. ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

literally the entire description is just: Refer to rand().

That's the tea. ☕ No extra lore here. Go read rand() if you need the deets. iykyk.

📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

okay so here's the legal part, and we're keeping it 100% exact because bestie, you don't mess with copyright. 🫶

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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