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Re: st: RE: RE: Returning a local macro within -simulate- command: Type mismatch error?


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: RE: Returning a local macro within -simulate- command: Type mismatch error?
Date   Thu, 29 May 2008 20:22:58 +0100 (BST)

--- Rachel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Also, an issue with the program you suggested below is that it takes
> c(seed) as an argument, but doesn't return it.  I'd like the
> simulation to return the value of c(seed) within each iteration.
> 
> If anyone else has any ideas, please let me know.

The question is: why do you want to know the seed for each itteration?
I cannot think of any reason why you would want to know that, as you
can exactly reproduce a simulation run by knowing the initial seed.

-- Maarten

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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