jax.random.split¶

jax.random.split(key, num=2)[source]¶

Splits a PRNG key into num new keys by adding a leading axis.

Parameters

  • key (Union[Any, PRNGKeyArray]) – a PRNG key (from PRNGKey, split, fold_in).

  • num (int) – optional, a positive integer indicating the number of keys to produce (default 2).

Return type

Union[Any, PRNGKeyArray]

Returns

An array-like object of num new PRNG keys.