#' Make a random number generator repeatable #' #' Given a function that generates random data, returns a wrapped version of #' that function that always uses the same seed when called. The seed to use can #' be passed in explicitly if desired; otherwise, a random number is used. #' #' @param rngfunc The function that is affected by the R session's seed. #' @param seed The seed to set every time the resulting function is called. #' @return A repeatable version of the function that was passed in. #' #' @note When called, the returned function attempts to preserve the R session's #' current seed by snapshotting and restoring #' \code{\link[base]{.Random.seed}}. #' #' @examples #' rnormA <- repeatable(rnorm) #' rnormB <- repeatable(rnorm) #' rnormA(3) # [1] 1.8285879 -0.7468041 -0.4639111 #' rnormA(3) # [1] 1.8285879 -0.7468041 -0.4639111 #' rnormA(5) # [1] 1.8285879 -0.7468041 -0.4639111 -1.6510126 -1.4686924 #' rnormB(5) # [1] -0.7946034 0.2568374 -0.6567597 1.2451387 -0.8375699 #' #' @export repeatable <- function(rngfunc, seed = runif(1, 0, .Machine$integer.max)) { function(...) { currentSeed <- .Random.seed on.exit(.Random.seed <- currentSeed) set.seed(seed) do.call(rngfunc, list(...)) } }