Difference between np.random.seed() and np.random.RandomState()

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If you want to set the seed that calls to np.random... will use, use np.random.seed:

np.random.seed(1234)
np.random.uniform(0, 10, 5)
#array([ 1.9151945 ,  6.22108771,  4.37727739,  7.85358584,  7.79975808])
np.random.rand(2,3)
#array([[ 0.27259261,  0.27646426,  0.80187218],
#       [ 0.95813935,  0.87593263,  0.35781727]])

Use the class to avoid impacting the global numpy state:

r = np.random.RandomState(1234)
r.uniform(0, 10, 5)
#array([ 1.9151945 ,  6.22108771,  4.37727739,  7.85358584,  7.79975808])

And it maintains the state just as before:

r.rand(2,3)
#array([[ 0.27259261,  0.27646426,  0.80187218],
#       [ 0.95813935,  0.87593263,  0.35781727]])

You can see the state of the sort of ‘global’ class with:

np.random.get_state()

and of your own class instance with:

r.get_state()

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