Is there any way to get the seed of `kotlin.random...

# stdlib

[Dmitry Kandalov]

Is there any way to get the seed of kotlin.random.Random? I want to use Random in a test with random seed which I could print in case the test fails.

[orangy]

Get a random value and re-seed with it?

[Dmitry Kandalov]

Yes, there is an option to use Random(seed) function. So I guess the answer is “no”.

[marcinmoskala]

I believe that using MockK you can mock Random constructor and always set your own seed or store one that was set.
https://mockk.io/#constructor-mocks

[marcinmoskala]

Though I believe it would be easier to generate random seed every time, print it and then use it.

[Dmitry Kandalov]

I ended up doing this val random = Random(seed = Random.nextInt().printed("seed="))