Generate random numbers with the first one being zero

chinloyal :

I know how to get a range of random numbers between 0 zero and any number.

But what I want to know is, since the random number generator is not truly random, and follows a specific algorithm, for example if you pass a seed of 20. then it will always generate the same sequence of numbers: 17, 292, 0, 9.

So I get that. Since it follows a specific algorithm, is there a way I can force the generator to always start at zero or any other number?

But specifically zero in my case.

matt :

public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
    {
        int x = -1;
        long seed = 0;
        int xxx = 100;
        while(x!=0){

            Random s = new Random(seed++);
            x = s.nextInt(xxx);

        }
        System.out.println("seed " + (seed-1) + " gives " + new Random(seed-1).nextInt(xxx));

    }

This will find a seed that the next int will be zero for a given modulus. (Happens to be 18 for this example).