Method: Random.new_seed

Defined in:
random.c

.new_seed ⇒ Integer

Returns an arbitrary seed value. This is used by Random.new when no seed value is specified as an argument.

Random.new_seed  #=> 115032730400174366788466674494640623225

Returns:



745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
 
# File 'random.c', line 745

static VALUE
random_seed(VALUE _)
{
    VALUE v;
    with_random_seed(DEFAULT_SEED_CNT, 1, true) {
        v = make_seed_value(seedbuf, DEFAULT_SEED_CNT);
    }
    return v;
}