getRandomState | R Documentation |
The aim of this function is to record, manipulate and restore a random state
getRandomState(seed = NULL)
seed |
seed argument to set.seed(), typically a number. Additional options: NULL = no seed is set, but return includes function for restoring random seed. F = function does nothing, i.e. neither seed is changed, nor does the returned function do anything |
This function is intended for two (not mutually exclusive tasks)
a) record the current random state
b) change the current random state in a way that the previous state can be restored
a list with various infos about the random state that after function execution, as well as a function to restore the previous state before the function execution
Florian Hartig
set.seed(13) runif(1) # testing the function in standard settings currentSeed = .Random.seed x = getRandomState(123) runif(1) x$restoreCurrent() all(.Random.seed == currentSeed) # if no seed was set in env, this will also be restored rm(.Random.seed) # now, there is no random seed x = getRandomState(123) exists(".Random.seed") # TRUE runif(1) x$restoreCurrent() exists(".Random.seed") # False runif(1) # re-create a seed # with seed = false currentSeed = .Random.seed x = getRandomState(FALSE) runif(1) x$restoreCurrent() all(.Random.seed == currentSeed) # with seed = NULL currentSeed = .Random.seed x = getRandomState(NULL) runif(1) x$restoreCurrent() all(.Random.seed == currentSeed)
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