.TH PGASetRandomSeed 5 "05/01/95" " " "PGAPack"
.SH NAME
PGASetRandomSeed \- set a seed for the random number generator.  
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
default is to use a random seed.  Specifying a seed exlicitly allows
for reproducibility of runs.
.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
ctx
- context variable
.PD 0
.TP
seed
- seed  for the random number generator
.PD 1
.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
none

.PD 1
.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include "pgapack.h"
void  PGASetRandomSeed(ctx, seed)
PGAContext *ctx
int seed
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.SH LOCATION
random.c
.SH EXAMPLE
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Example:
PGAContext *ctx;
:
PGASetRandomSeed(ctx,1);

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