On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, tyler wrote:
Hi,
I've got a simulation function, written in C and called from R, that
uses the R random number functions. It's not a very complicated
simulation - 280 lines total, with the main function (the one called
with .C) repeatedly calling another function, with multiple calls to
unif_rand() in both functions. At the beginning of the main function I
call GetRNGstate(), and the last thing I do before returning to R is
PutRNGstate().
On rereading Chapter 5 of the R Extensions manual, I'm not sure I
understand the GetRNGstate/PutRNGstate calls. Should I also include them
in the helper function? Do I need to wrap every call to unif_rand with
these calls, or is it ok that I've just used them at the beginning and
end of the C code?
I find the manual very much clearer than your email:
However, before these are used, the user must call
GetRNGstate();
and after all the required variates have been generated, call
PutRNGstate();
So in so far as I understand your prose, you followed that advice by
calling *one of* them 'at the beginning and end of the C code'.
I'm getting different results from different simulations, so what I've
done appears ok, but I'm not sure I would be able to detect if every
call to the helper function was returning the same result.
Thanks,
Tyler
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