How can I retrieve the randomly selected seed value if I write the following?
var randomNumberGenerator = new Random();
I looked at the suggested answers and they do not explain how to get the seed that .Net chose.
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AFAIK, by default Random uses time ticks count: https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#mscorlib/system/random.cs – Rafael Oct 06 '22 at 16:05
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1It is mentioned in the comments of the accepted answer. "The default Random constructor uses Environment.TickCount as the seed". But you want to get this value. Not possible. – Dialecticus Oct 06 '22 at 16:19
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@Dialecticus Thank you for pointing that out. Intuitively I would assert that the seed must be available somewhere but I accept the verdict of SO on my question. – nicomp Oct 07 '22 at 11:12
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Source code is the highest authority. You can study the code of `Random` class, given in the link in the first comment here. In the class constructor the seed is broken down into 3 components, `inext`, `inextp`, and `SeedArray`, which are not even accessible from outside. – Dialecticus Oct 07 '22 at 11:22