Re: intermittent error "undefined near line..."

[Yuval Lifshitz]

I see that now:

" By default, the generator is initialized from `/dev/urandom' if it

     is available, otherwise from cpu time, wall clock time and the

     current fraction of a second."

Descriptions is very clear :-) but I was wondering why is the default behavior different than the one of C and matlab rand() functions?

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From: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
To: Yuval Lifshitz <address@hidden>
Cc: Dmitri A. Sergatskov <address@hidden>; "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 3:52:41 PM
Subject: Re: intermittent error "undefined near line..."

On 17 December 2012 05:43, Yuval Lifshitz <address@hidden> wrote:
> * the w_draws_b array is randomly initialized, but i thought that random
> values should be identical in any execution of octave (unless I seed them to
> time, which i don't)

No, rand() isn't always seeded to the same state. Please read "help
rand" for a description of this. If you find this description
confusing, please state how, so we can improve it.

- Jordi G. H.