Re: strange random behavior ?
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- Subject: [mg69937] Re: strange random behavior ?
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:14:24 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Arek, From what you tell, I guess that the state of the random number generator depends on the range of random numbers it generates. To give a definite answer, one would have to know how the random generator is implemented. Daniel Arkadiusz.Majka at gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > For > > SeedRandom[7] > Table[Random[Integer, {1, 6}], {5}] > Table[Random[Integer, {1, 3}], {5}] > > I get > > Out[32]= > {2,1,6,2,6} > > Out[33]= > {2,1,3,1,3} > > When i repeat I obviosly get the same (magic of seedrandom) > > SeedRandom[7] > Table[Random[Integer, {1, 6}], {5}] > Table[Random[Integer, {1, 3}], {5}] > > > Out[32]= > {2,1,6,2,6} > > Out[33]= > {2,1,3,1,3} > > Bu when I change the range of random numbers in generation of the first > list , say 1->2 > > SeedRandom[7] > Table[Random[Integer, {2, 6}], {5}] > Table[Random[Integer, {1, 3}], {5}] > > I get > > Out[35]= > {3,2,3,6,6} > > Out[36]= > {2,2,3,1,3} > > Since Seed is still the same (7), why second list is changed? (Out[36] > does not equal to Out[33]) > > This behavior does not take place when we do not deal with tables but > with single elements. > > Arek >