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random number seeds

• To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
• Subject: random number seeds
• From: keiper
• Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 09:37:20 -0600

   >what i would like
   >to do is save the current state of the computation from time to time
   >so that it could be restarted. this means that i need to know the
   >"current" random number seed so that the restart can use it. 


You want to use $RandomState

In[12]:= rs = $RandomState;
In[13]:= Random[ ]
Out[13]= 0.0431805
In[14]:= $RandomState = rs;
In[15]:= Random[ ]
Out[15]= 0.0431805

Jerry B. Keiper
keiper at wri.com
Wolfram Research, Inc.