[Numpy-discussion] How do I seed the radom number generator?

[Keith Goodman]

On 6/22/06, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
> Keith Goodman wrote:
> > How do I seed rand and randn?
>
> If you can, please use the .rand() and .randn() methods on a RandomState object
> which you can initialize with whatever seed you like.
>
> In [1]: import numpy as np
> rs
> In [2]: rs = np.random.RandomState([12345678, 90123456, 78901234])
>
> In [3]: rs.rand(5)
> Out[3]: array([ 0.40355172,  0.27449337,  0.56989746,  0.34767024,  0.47185004])

Perfect! Thank you.