This approach gives the same results: > set.seed(1) > for (i in 1:10) print(runif(1)) [1] 0.2655087 [1] 0.3721239 [1] 0.5728534 [1] 0.9082078 [1] 0.2016819 [1] 0.8983897 [1] 0.9446753 [1] 0.6607978 [1] 0.629114 [1] 0.06178627 > > set.seed(1) > for (i in 1:5) print(runif(1)) [1] 0.2655087 [1] 0.3721239 [1] 0.5728534 [1] 0.9082078 [1] 0.2016819 > for (i in 6:10) print(runif(1)) [1] 0.8983897 [1] 0.9446753 [1] 0.6607978 [1] 0.629114 [1] 0.06178627 >
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Ellerbe, Caitlyn Nicole <eller...@musc.edu>wrote: > Could someone please suggest a method to store the current random seed. > I'm having trouble understanding how to correctly use set.seed and > .Random.seed. > > Specifically, I have the following code that crashes: > > > > set.seed(seed) > > for(i in 1:10){ > > print( runif(1)) > > } > > > > To get around this I need to split the number of iterations into chunks: > > > > set.seed(seed) > > for(i in 1:5){ > > print(runif(1)) > > new.seed<-.Random.seed > > } > > > > set.seed(new.seed) > > for(i in 6:10){ > > print(runif(1)) > > } > > > > When I compare the sequence of numbers from the single run to the sequence > from the chunked code they don't match. Is the .Random.seed argument in the > wrong position or is there another way to accomplish this? > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Caitlyn Ellerbe > > Division of Biostatistics > Department of Public Health > Medical University of South Carolina > > > [[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. > -- Jim Holtman Data Munger Guru What is the problem that you are trying to solve? Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. [[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.