# Does \_\_getitem\_\_ of dataloader reset random seed?

**URL:** <https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/does-getitem-of-dataloader-reset-random-seed/8097>\
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**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/does-getitem-of-dataloader-reset-random-seed/8097 "2017-09-29T23:47:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/does-getitem-of-dataloader-reset-random-seed/8097/3 "2017-09-30T15:01:05Z")

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This is the small (hopefully easy to follow function):

> <https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/torch/utils/data/dataloader.py#L129>

On each ` __iter__ ` the DataLoader returns a new one of these iterators: [https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/torch/utils/data/dataloader.py#L302](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/torch/utils/data/dataloader.py#L302)

The iterator creates a new `self.workers` everytime it’s created: [https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/torch/utils/data/dataloader.py#L151-L155](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/torch/utils/data/dataloader.py#L151-L155)

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