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$RandomState

gives a representation of the internal state of the pseudorandom generator used by Random.

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$RandomState

As of Version 6.0, $RandomState has been superseded by the scoping construct BlockRandom.

$RandomState

gives a representation of the internal state of the pseudorandom generator used by Random.

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  • The value of $RandomState changes every time Random is called.
  • You can use s=$RandomState to explicitly save the value of $RandomState, and $RandomState=s to restore.
  • The value of $RandomState is always a long integer chosen from a certain large set of possibilities. You can assign $RandomState only to values in this set.
  • You can use Block[{$RandomState},expr] to localize the value of $RandomState during the evaluation of expr.
Wolfram Research (1996), $RandomState, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$RandomState.html.

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Wolfram Research (1996), $RandomState, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$RandomState.html.

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Wolfram Language. 1996. "$RandomState." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$RandomState.html.

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Wolfram Language. (1996). $RandomState. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$RandomState.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$randomstate, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$RandomState}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$RandomState.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$randomstate, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$RandomState}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$RandomState.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}