SDL_srand(3)

SDL_srand3

Seeds the pseudo-random number generator.

Usage

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

void SDL_srand(Uint64 seed);

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h

Overview

Reusing the seed number will cause SDL_rand () to repeat the same stream of 'random' numbers.

Function parameters

seed

the value to use as a random number seed, or 0 to use SDL_GetPerformanceCounter ().

Thread safety

This should be called on the same thread that calls SDL_rand ()

Availability

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

From libsdl3-doc 3.2.10+ds-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.