PRNGGetSeed

Extracts the seed value of the pseudorandom number generator from the context structure.

Syntax

IppStatus ippsPRNGGetSeed(const IppsPRNGState* pCtx, IppsBigNumState* pSeed);

Include Files

ippcp.h

Parameters

pCtx

Pointer to the IppsPRNGState context.

pSeed

Pointer to the seed value.

Description

The function extracts the seed value of the pseudorandom number generator from the IppsPRNGState context structure into a big number.

Return Values

ippStsNoErr

Indicates no error. Any other value indicates an error or warning.

ippStsNullPtrErr

Indicates an error condition if any of the specified pointers is NULL.

ippStsContextMatchErr

Indicates an error condition if *pSeed is not a IppsBigNumState structure or *pCtx is not a IppsPRNGState structure.

ippOutOfRangeErr

Indicates an error condition if the length of the actual seed exceeds *pSeed.