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aroma.affymetrix (version 3.2.2)

randomSeed: Sets and resets the .Random.seed in the global environment

Description

Sets and resets the .Random.seed in the global environment.

Usage

randomSeed(action=c("set", "advance", "reset", "get"), seed=NULL, kind=NULL, backup=TRUE)

Value

Returns a .Random.seed.

Arguments

action

A character string specifying the action.

seed

Random seed to be set; only for action="set". If length(seed) == 1, then set.seed(seed) is used, otherwise .Random.seed is assigned the value.

kind

(optional) A character string specifying type of random number generator to use, cf. RNGkind().

backup

If TRUE, the previous (seed, kind) state is recorded such that it can be reset later.

Author

Henrik Bengtsson