[R] Random number generation

[Dimitrios Rizopoulos]

according to ?.Random.seed, `Note' section, different R sessions give 
differen simulation results; maybe each time you start R you load a 
previously saved workspace, with an existing .Random.seed, i.e., check 
if the .Random.seed value is the same each time you start R.

I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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Quoting Carl <carl at mcs.st-and.ac.uk>:

> Hi All.
> (This is probably an incredibly stupid question :))
> 
> I have just noticed that every time I start an R2.3 session and
> request 
> a random number (say with rnorm) that I receive the same number.
> AFAIK I 
> have not set a seed at any point. Returning to an older version of 
> R(v1.8) I get the behaviour that I have come to expect, where a new
> seed 
> is automatically generated for each new session (actually it was a 
> student running bootstraps on multiple machines that has noticed
> this).
> 
> I am running R2.3 for windows on winXP pro, AMD Athlon 2400+.
> 
> Thanks in advance and be gentle.
> C
> 
> <...retreats and waits for imminent admonishment...>
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