# $EPIC: srand.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/20 16:57:01 sthalik Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$__srand__()

======Technical:======
   * All arguments, if any, are ignored.
   * This function "seeds" the "random number" generator with the current system time.  See the help file on [[Random_Numbers]] for more information about what seeding the "random number" generator is good for.
   * This function returns the empty string.

======Practical:======
If you use the pseudo-random-number generator (described in the random
number help file), you will always get the same sequence of numbers each
time you use epic, unless you "seed" the pseudo-random-number generator
first by calling the $srand() function.  If you do not use the pseudo-
random-number generator (and you don't, by default), then this function
has no effect and it is not neccesary to call it.

======Returns:======
This function always returns the empty string.

======History:======
This function first appeared in ircII.