set.seed(100) for (i in 1:100){ a <- rnorm(1000, mean=0, sd=1) hist(a) }
#Now say, I want to simulate without being confined to set.seed(100), I just want to get a simulation like how R "normally" does it. Mike On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) < nord...@dshs.wa.gov> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > > project.org] On Behalf Of C W > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 11:27 AM > > To: r-help > > Subject: [R] How to stop set.seed() besides exiting out of R? > > > > Hi list, > > > > I am curious how to stop the set.seed(), I don't want the same repeated > > random number. I know I can set it to a different seed, but I don't > > want > > to go through the trouble of setting different seed every time. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > Can you show us how you are using set.seed() that results in getting the > same sequence repeatedly? If you are doing simulations in a loop, then set > the seed once, outside the loop. Otherwise, I am not sure what you are > doing that causes problems. A reproducible example would really help. > > Dan > > Daniel J. Nordlund > Washington State Department of Social and Health Services > Planning, Performance, and Accountability > Research and Data Analysis Division > Olympia, WA 98504-5204 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.