[R] purpose of the set.seed(function)

[Jeff Newmiller]

To start a random sequence that can be reproduced later. The particular seed value used should not be important unless either the random number generator or the computations that use the random numbers are flawed.

?set.seed

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator

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Charles Thuo <tcmuigai at gmail.com> wrote:
>what is the purpose of the subject function
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