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Seed of Random number generation

3 messages · Ron Michael, cls59, Uwe Ligges

Ron Michael
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Dear all, is it possible to extract the seed that was used for some random
number generation? For example suppose I draw a random sample of size 1000
from a normal population :

rnorm(1000)

Now I want to know what seed R used for that sample generation. Any way out?

Thanks and regards,
cls59
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RON70 wrote:
I believe R creates a random seed after a random number generation function
such as rnorm is called. The seed is stored in the vector .Random.seed  .
See ?RNG for more info on how to load, save and tweak the random seed.

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Charlie Sharpsteen
Undergraduate
Environmental Resources Engineering
Humboldt State University
Uwe Ligges
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cls59 wrote:
... which means that you cannot get the seed that has been used in a 
step before, but you can save (or set) the seed before calling 
rnorn(1000), of course.

Uwe Ligges