Here is an example of what I think the original poster wanted to achieve. > rnorm(10) [1] -1.2165869 -0.4698460 -0.4209811 -1.4856052 0.3765774 -1.3822470 [7] 0.2818458 0.5500957 -1.1474455 -1.2221257 > x <- .Random.seed > runif(10) [1] 0.5610780 0.5911841 0.5868183 0.3833801 0.7397059 0.4973270 0.6544219 [8] 0.1257485 0.2756357 0.5672207 > .Random.seed <- x > runif(10) [1] 0.5610780 0.5911841 0.5868183 0.3833801 0.7397059 0.4973270 0.6544219 [8] 0.1257485 0.2756357 0.5672207 Best, Giovanni Petris
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 16:05 -0500, Jorge Ivan Velez wrote: > Hi Xiaoxi, > > Take a look at the following: > > > set.seed(123) > > rnorm(10) > [1] -0.56047565 -0.23017749 1.55870831 0.07050839 0.12928774 1.71506499 > [7] 0.46091621 -1.26506123 -0.68685285 -0.44566197 > > rnorm(10) > [1] 1.2240818 0.3598138 0.4007715 0.1106827 -0.5558411 1.7869131 > 0.4978505 > [8] -1.9666172 0.7013559 -0.4727914 > > set.seed(123) > > rnorm(10) > [1] -0.56047565 -0.23017749 1.55870831 0.07050839 0.12928774 1.71506499 > [7] 0.46091621 -1.26506123 -0.68685285 -0.44566197 > > and check ?set.seed(). > > HTH, > Jorge > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Xiaoxi Gao <> wrote: > > > > > Hello R users, > > Here is my question about generating random sample. How to set the random > > seed to recreate the same random numbers? For example, 10 random numbers is > > generated from N(0,1), then "runif(10)" is used.What if I want to get the > > same 10 random numbers when I run runif(10) again? Is it possible?I think > > .Random.seed should be used here. > > Thanks. > > Xiaoxi > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Giovanni Petris <gpet...@uark.edu> Associate Professor Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR 72701 Ph: (479) 575-6324, 575-8630 (fax) http://definetti.uark.edu/~gpetris/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
