[GRASS-dev] Using the new s flag or seed option for r.mapcalc in a python script

Glynn Clements glynn at gclements.plus.com
Sat Jul 26 15:23:58 PDT 2014


Anna Petrášová wrote:

> > > How do I use this new flag / seed parameter for r.mapcalc in python
> > > scripts?
> >
> > The grass.script.mapcalc() function has been updated to accept a seed=
> > parameter, which should be either an integer or the string 'auto' for
> > a random seed.
> 
> Just curious, why don't you use the s flag and instead create the seed in
> Python?

It was simpler. Also, the Python version probably has better entropy.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>


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