SEEDRND bug?

[FutureCow]

Not sure if this is technically a bug (it depends on how you view random number generators!)

In most languages, seeding the random number generator with the same number each time you run the program results in a "predictable" random number set. Trying the following in GLBasic though

Code (glbasic) Select Expand

SEEDRND 1234
PRINT "A random number between 0 and 100: " + RND(100), 100, 100
SHOWSCREEN


you get a different random number each time you run the program.  I would expect with seeding the generator to get the same number every time.

[Kitty Hello]

oops, that seems strange now.

[Moru]

As you say, in most languages it gives the same random numbers if you use the same seed. But not in all so I just thought this was one of the languages that don't :-)

[FutureCow]

I thought the same thing, but then realised - if RND always starts with a new seed, what's the point of having a SEEDRND function at all?

[Kitty Hello]

forgot to re-initialize the structure. Next version will work as expected.

[FutureCow]

Great work as always Gernot!