Method: Random#seed

Defined in:

random.c

#seed ⇒ Integer

Returns the seed value used to initialize the generator. This may be used to initialize another generator with the same state at a later time, causing it to produce the same sequence of numbers.

prng1 = Random.new(1234)
prng1.seed       #=> 1234
prng1.rand(100)  #=> 47

prng2 = Random.new(prng1.seed)
prng2.rand(100)  #=> 47

Returns:

• (Integer)

# File 'random.c', line 796

static VALUE
random_get_seed(VALUE obj)
{
    return get_rnd(obj)->seed;
}