Function PGASetRandomSeed

• Defined in File random.c

Function Documentation

void PGASetRandomSeed(PGAContext *ctx, int seed)

Set a seed for the random number generator.

Description

The default is to initialize the seed randomly (from the time). Specifying a seed explicitly allows for reproducibility of runs.

Example

PGAContext *ctx;

...
PGASetRandomSeed (ctx, 1);

Parameters:

• ctx – context variable

• seed – seed for the random number generator

Returns:

None