PLSEED(3plplot)

💖 PLSEED(3plplot) — PLplot API 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the PLSEED page of the PLplot API manual — yes it's a whole real manual page and yes we're gonna make it cute 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

plseed — sets the seed for the internal random number generator 🔥

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

plseed(seed)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what this icon actually does: it sets the seed for the internal random number generator ✨ and that's literally it, no cap. if you want the full tea on how that whole random thing works, go peek at plrandd(3plplot) for further details 👀

Redacted form: plseed(seed) 💅

also fun fact: this function is used in example 21 👑 so if you're out here reading example 21 and wondering "who invited this function", now you know.

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• seed (unsigned int, input) — the seed for the random number generator 🌈 that's the whole vibe check, it's your number and you're sticking with it.

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🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

so many developers have contributed to PLplot over its long history 😭 and honestly, legends only — they're credited at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/credits.php 💖 go give them their flowers 🫶

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.php 📚 go read it, it's giving main character energy ⭐

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that's the whole page, bestie!! thanks for reading this totally iconic manual entry, mwah 💅✨

source/version + date sign-off: this lil beauty ships with PLSEED(3plplot) from the PLplot API, and it's dated August, 2026 🌸🎀 — see you in the next manpage, ily!! 💖