related values don't line up, even if seed is reset

[cornfeedhobo]

When pulling things like country(), it would be useful if the country_code() matched, but it currently doesn't.

Expected behavior

Faker.seed(0)
Faker().country() # "Tanzania"
Faker.seed(0)
Faker().country_code() # "TZ"

Actual behavior

Faker.seed(0)
Faker().country() # "Tanzania"
Faker.seed(0)
Faker().country_code() # "MV"

[kevindaglish]

Hello cornfeedhobo,

I was able to replicate the issue have above. Looking at how the code generates the values using a random generator method which is referencing the same country data. How ever I would question if using a random generator twice with the same seed would be the right approach. As once you have a known expected value (your generated country), it would make sense to reference the country code from the same country data it has been randomised from. Below is a snippet of code which does this.

from faker.proxy import Faker as f
from faker.providers.date_time import Provider
from faker.generator import Generator
from faker.providers import BaseProvider
g = Generator()
b = BaseProvider(g)
p = Provider(b)

f.seed(0)
c = f().country()
cc = [Country for Country in p.countries if Country.name == c]
for each in cc:
country_code = each.alpha_2_code

I hope this is useful for you.