random_seed function

Get, set and restore the state of the random number generator state.

get_random_seed()

set_random_seed(seed)

restore_random_seed(seed)

Arguments

• seed: (list()|integer(1))

  Either an integer or the list returned gy get_random_seed().

Returns

get_random_seed() returns a list with two components random_seed and rng_kind or NULL if no seed was set; set_random_seed() and restore_random_seed() do not return anything.

Details

These functions originate from the withr package.

Examples

old_seed <- get_random_seed()
on.exit(restore_random_seed(old_seed))
set_random_seed(42)
value1 <- runif(1)
set_random_seed(42)
value2 <- runif(1)
stopifnot(all.equal(value1,value2))