Syntax question - use of parentheses in rnd and randomize

johndoesr

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Hi there:

Here goes a newbie's question.

I was playing around with rnd function and randomize statement and noticed that seed values may be entered without the parentheses.

I was wondering why such behavior is possible since my understanding was that any paramenters (for functions, at least) should ALWAYS be given between parentheses.

The help file shows the following:

Rnd[(number)]
The optional number argument is a Single or any valid numeric expression

Randomize [number]
The optional number argument is a Variant or any valid numeric expression.

Notice that for the rnd function the parentheses are there (eventhough it works without them).

Any comments/ideas?

Tks.
 

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