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class method

Random.new_seed

Random.new_seed → integer

static VALUE
random_seed(VALUE _)
{
    VALUE v;
    with_random_seed(DEFAULT_SEED_CNT, 1) {
        v = make_seed_value(seedbuf, DEFAULT_SEED_CNT);
    }
    return v;
}

Returns an arbitrary seed value. This is used by Random.new when no seed value is specified as an argument.

Example

Random.new_seed  #=> 115032730400174366788466674494640623225

See also .new .rand .bytes .seed also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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