.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: srand

.. _srand:

srand
=====

.. us.tag  srand ENGLISH math-rand Changed5140

:ref:`srand` sets a start value for the random generator.

.. function::  r = srand(sVal)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*r* is always 1.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: sVal

   *sVal* is a real, complex or string scalar.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   * srand("Start");

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - 5.14.0
     - 

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-mathematic`,
   :ref:`rand`

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