Class that wraps a C++ random number generator (for reproducibility)

Persists a C++ random number generator throughout an R session to ensure reproducibility from a given random seed. If no seed is provided, the C++ random number generator is initialized using std::random_device.

Public fields

rng_ptr

External pointer to a C++ std::mt19937 class

Methods

Public methods

• CppRNG$new()

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Method new()

Create a new CppRNG object.

Usage

CppRNG$new(random_seed = -1)

Arguments

random_seed

(Optional) random seed for sampling

Returns

A new CppRNG object.