B.3 random number generators

Also the random number generator can be initialised from the environment variables GSL_RNG_TYPE and GSL_RNG_SEED using the gsl function gsl_rng_env_setup(). Each random number generators are initialised with GSL_RNG_SEED.

The default generator can be created by:

import pygsl.rng
my_rng=gsl_rng()
print my_rng.name()