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Generate a repeatable random number sequence

Initialise a random number generator with a seed and generate five decimal values. Reset the seed and produce the same values.
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ruby
srand(12345)
first = (1..5).collect {rand}
srand(12345)
second = (1..5).collect {rand}
puts first == second
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csharp
using System;

public class RepeatableRandom {
public static void Main() {
var r = new Random(12); // seed is 12

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
Console.WriteLine(r.Next());

r = new Random(12);

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
Console.WriteLine(r.Next());
}
}

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erlang
setRNG(RNGState),
io:format("~w~n", [lists:map(fun (_) -> gen_rand_integer(100, 200) end, lists:seq(1, 5))]),

setRNG(RNGState),
io:format("~w~n", [lists:map(fun (_) -> gen_rand_integer(100, 200) end, lists:seq(1, 5))]).
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cpp C++/CLI .NET 2.0
void printAction(int i) { Console::Write("{0} ", i); }

array<int>^ genFillRand(array<int>^ arr, Random^ rnd, int lb, int ub)
{
for (int i = 0; i < arr->Length; ++i) arr[i] = rnd->Next(lb, ub + 1); return arr;
}

int main()
{
array<int>^ arr1 = genFillRand(gcnew array<int>(5), gcnew Random(12345), 100, 200);
array<int>^ arr2 = genFillRand(gcnew array<int>(5), gcnew Random(12345), 100, 200);

Action<int>^ print = gcnew Action<int>(printAction);
Array::ForEach<int>(arr1, print); Console::WriteLine();
Array::ForEach<int>(arr2, print); Console::WriteLine();
}
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cpp
typedef boost::uniform_int<> Distribution;
typedef boost::mt19937 RNG;

Distribution distribution(100, 200);
RNG rng;
boost::variate_generator<RNG&, Distribution> generator(rng, distribution);

rng.seed(42L);
std::generate_n(std::ostream_iterator<unsigned>(std::cout, " "), 5, generator);

rng.seed(42L);
std::cout << std::endl;
std::generate_n(std::ostream_iterator<unsigned>(std::cout, " "), 5, generator);

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