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    Function setSeed

    • Seeds the random number generator. Equivalent to R's set.seed().

      Seeds the current generator, R's default RNGkind("Mersenne-Twister", "Inversion", "Rejection") unless RNGkind chose another, so every r* function and sample/sampleInt produce the same numbers as in R after the same seed. R's set.seed(seed, kind, sample.kind = ...) is RNGkind({ kind, sampleKind }) followed by setSeed(seed) (R itself does the same). As in R there is a single global stream shared by all functions; if no seed is set, one is chosen from the clock or crypto.getRandomValues.

      Parameters

      • seed: number

        A 32-bit integer. Fractions are truncated toward zero.

      Returns void

      RangeError if seed is not finite or does not fit in a 32-bit integer.

      setSeed(1);
      rnorm(3); // [-0.6264538107423324, 0.18364332422208224, -0.8356286124100472]
      // R: set.seed(1); rnorm(3)