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--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Seeds the pseudorandom number generator to the value of <em>number</em>.<tt>to_i.abs</tt>. If <em>number</em> is omitted, seeds the generator using a combination of the time, the process id, and a sequence number. (This is also the behavior if <tt>Kernel::rand</tt> is called without previously calling <tt>srand</tt>, but without the sequence.) By setting the seed to a known value, scripts can be made deterministic during testing. The previous seed value is returned. Also see <tt>Kernel::rand</tt>.
full_name: Kernel#srand
is_singleton: false
name: srand
params: |
  srand(number=0)    => old_seed

visibility: public