numpy.random.get_state

numpy.random.get_state()

Return a tuple representing the internal state of the generator.

For more details, see set_state.

Returns :

out : tuple(str, ndarray of 624 uints, int, int, float)

The returned tuple has the following items:

1. the string ‘MT19937’.
2. a 1-D array of 624 unsigned integer keys.
3. an integer pos.
4. an integer has_gauss.
5. a float cached_gaussian.

See also

set_state

Notes

set_state and get_state are not needed to work with any of the random distributions in NumPy. If the internal state is manually altered, the user should know exactly what he/she is doing.