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<A NAME="random-state"><I>System Class</I> <B>RANDOM-STATE</B></A> <P>
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<P><B>Class Precedence List:</B><P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="#random-state"><B>random-state</B></A>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="t_t.htm#t"><B>t</B></A> <P>
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<P><B>Description:</B><P>
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A <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_r.htm#random_state"><I>random state</I></A> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_o.htm#object"><I>object</I></A> contains state information used by the pseudo-random number generator. The nature of a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_r.htm#random_state"><I>random state</I></A> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_o.htm#object"><I>object</I></A> is <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#implementation-dependent"><I>implementation-dependent</I></A>. It can be printed out and successfully read back in by the same <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#implementation"><I>implementation</I></A>, but might not function correctly as a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_r.htm#random_state"><I>random state</I></A> in another <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#implementation"><I>implementation</I></A>. <P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#implementation"><I>Implementations</I></A> are required to provide a read syntax for <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_o.htm#object"><I>objects</I></A> of <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_t.htm#type"><I>type</I></A> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="#random-state"><B>random-state</B></A>, but the specific nature of that syntax is <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#implementation-dependent"><I>implementation-dependent</I></A>. <P>
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<P><B>See Also:</B><P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="v_rnd_st.htm#STrandom-stateST"><B>*random-state*</B></A>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_random.htm#random"><B>random</B></A>, <A REL=CHILD HREF="22_acj.htm">Section 22.1.3.10 (Printing Random States)</A> <P>
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