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>Dmitry,
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>I think Sergey's link is the best for what you are looking for, but, to answer (I hope!) your question, if you call Rand(382622) it will always return the same number, furthermore, all subsequent calls to rand() will follow the same pattern, for example:
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>? rand(382622) && 0.74
>? rand() && .66
>? rand() && .46
>? rand() && .21
>? rand(382622) && 0.74
>? rand() && .66
>? rand() && .46
>? rand() && .21
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>And this will have the same values in any machine, AFAIK

Hugo,

Thank you for your suggestion. The fact that the rand(nseed) returns the same number is the problem for me, since I have to show this "returned number" to the user.

I am working on how to use the method suggested by Sergey and developed by Craig. It looks, so far, very good. My only concern is that if 6 months later Craig finds a bug in his code (and obviously I won't know about it) I can be potentially stuck with a big problem.

Again, thank you.