def main():
x = [randint(1,100) for i in range(1,100)]
return x
This returns 100 random numbers btw 1 and 100. Each time I call the function, it returns a different sequence of numbers. What I want to, is to get the same sequence of numbers each time. maybe saving the results into sth?
You can provide some fixed seed.
import random
def main():
random.seed(9001)
x = [random.randint(1,100) for i in range(1,100)]
return x
For more information on seed: random.seed(): What does it do?
Here's a basic example patterned after your code
import random
s = random.getstate()
print([random.randint(1,100) for i in range(10)])
random.setstate(s)
print([random.randint(1,100) for i in range(10)])
In both invocations, you get identical output. The key is, at any point you can retrieve and later reassign the current state of the rng.
In [19]: for i in range(10):
...: random.seed(10)
...: print [random.randint(1, 100) for j in range(5)]
...:
...:
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
[58, 43, 58, 21, 82]
The random.seed
function has to be called just before a fresh call to random.
In [20]: random.seed(10)
In [21]: for i in range(10):
...: print [random.randint(1,10) for j in range(10)]
...:
[5, 6, 3, 9, 9, 7, 2, 6, 4, 3]
[10, 10, 1, 9, 7, 4, 3, 7, 5, 7]
[7, 2, 8, 10, 10, 7, 1, 1, 2, 10]
[4, 4, 9, 4, 6, 5, 1, 6, 9, 2]
[3, 5, 1, 5, 9, 7, 6, 9, 2, 6]
[4, 7, 2, 8, 1, 2, 9, 10, 5, 5]
[3, 3, 7, 2, 2, 5, 2, 7, 9, 8]
[5, 4, 5, 1, 8, 4, 4, 1, 5, 6]
[4, 9, 7, 3, 6, 10, 6, 7, 1, 5]
[5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 5, 2, 5, 10, 5]