[R] Random-numbers not random

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Tue Nov 21 12:19:18 CET 2006


?.Random.seed says

      '.Random.seed' is an integer vector, containing the random number
      generator (RNG) *state* for random number generation in R.  It can
      be saved and restored, but should not be altered by the user.

so just remove it.

The behaviour is intentional.

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006, Mag. Ferri Leberl wrote:

> Since I saved the workspace-image I get the same row of random-numbers
> everytime I run R. How can I make the random-numbers random again?

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