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# numpy.random.RandomState.get_state

`RandomState.``get_state`()

  Return a tuple representing the internal state of the generator.

  For more details, see `set_state`.

  Returns : | out : tuple(str, ndarray of 624 uints, int, int, float) The returned tuple has the following items: the string ‘MT19937’. a 1-D array of 624 unsigned integer keys. an integer `pos`. an integer `has_gauss`. a float `cached_gaussian`.

  See also

  `set_state`

  Notes

  `set_state` and `get_state` are not needed to work with any of the random distributions in NumPy. If the internal state is manually altered, the user should know exactly what he/she is doing.

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