set_seed_any: Seed the random number generator with a character string (or...

In DesiQuintans/desiderata: Assorted utility functions

Seed the random number generator with a character string (or any object)

Description

Set the random number generator's seed using a string if you want to be extra cute and use your cats' names like I do. This function can actually generate a seed from any R object, so you could even feed it a whole dataframe if you felt like it. (Requires the 'digest' package.)

Usage

set_seed_any(seed)

Arguments

seed	(Any) Any object.

Value

NULL.

Authors

• Ben Bolker (https://stackoverflow.com/users/190277/ben-bolker)

Source

https://stackoverflow.com/a/10913336/5578429

Examples

# set_seed_any("Snake... Do you think love can bloom, even on a battlefield?")

# set_seed_any(iris)

DesiQuintans/desiderata documentation built on April 9, 2023, 5:43 a.m.