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| author | Agniva De Sarker <agnivade@yahoo.co.in> | 2018-05-11 20:51:39 +0530 |
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| committer | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2018-05-12 06:21:01 +0000 |
| commit | f94b5a81057ccf6d16da3a78b2ff5c08383f9768 (patch) | |
| tree | 072040959fd8c5078f57047e7aef4919d9a49ef4 /src/math | |
| parent | e6a9335c7fbdcfbf5fd715ffe73873cd391368df (diff) | |
| download | go-f94b5a81057ccf6d16da3a78b2ff5c08383f9768.tar.xz | |
math/rand: clarify documentation for Seed example
Fixes #25325
Change-Id: I101641be99a820722edb7272918e04e8d2e1646c
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/112775
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/math')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/math/rand/example_test.go | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/math/rand/example_test.go b/src/math/rand/example_test.go index aa1f2bcc73..adeeaa0b46 100644 --- a/src/math/rand/example_test.go +++ b/src/math/rand/example_test.go @@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ import ( // the output of the random number generator when given a fixed seed. func Example() { - rand.Seed(42) // Try changing this number! + // Seeding with the same value results in the same random sequence each run. + // For different numbers, seed with a different value, such as + // time.Now().UnixNano(), which yields a constantly-changing number. + rand.Seed(42) answers := []string{ "It is certain", "It is decidedly so", |