Last modified: December 2024

URL: https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/sherpa/ahelp/get_rng.html
AHELP for CIAO 4.17 Sherpa

get_rng

Context: utilities

Synopsis

Return the RNG generator in use.

Syntax

get_rng()

Description

The return can be None, which means that the routines in `numpy.random` are used, and thus are affected by calls to `numpy.random.seed` , otherwise the supplied generator is used to create random numbers. See https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/random/legacy.html for more information.


Changes in CIAO

Added in CIAO 4.16


Bugs

See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

See Also

utilities
set_rng