[R] set.seed()

Jeff Newmiller jdnewmil at dcn.davis.CA.us
Mon Jan 28 02:47:59 CET 2013


Depends what algorithm you are using. Read ?set.seed
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londonphd <r.otojanov at qmul.ac.uk> wrote:

>Hi,
>I am learning R. I've been using set.seed() for a while, but without
>actually understanding the significance of the "number" we put in the
>brackets. e.g. set.seed(135) & set.seed(930). 
>
>Can anyone shed some light on this please?
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