From 51ec3946aa9644259c54e346bc58756543f679dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luiz Strobelt <lhsperez@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 17:09:34 -0300
Subject: Check if seed is a number or array before seeding faker.random

---
 lib/random.js       | 15 +++++++--------
 test/random.unit.js |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/random.js b/lib/random.js
index 5afd27e2..f959440d 100644
--- a/lib/random.js
+++ b/lib/random.js
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ var mersenne = require('../vendor/mersenne');
  * @namespace faker.random
  */
 function Random (faker, seed) {
-  // Use a user provided seed if it exists
-  if (seed) {
-    if (Array.isArray(seed) && seed.length) {
-      mersenne.seed_array(seed);
-    }
-    else {
-      mersenne.seed(seed);
-    }
+  // Use a user provided seed if it is an array or number
+  if (Array.isArray(seed) && seed.length) {
+    mersenne.seed_array(seed);
   }
+  else if(!isNaN(seed)) {
+    mersenne.seed(seed);
+  }
+
   /**
    * returns a single random number based on a max number or range
    *
diff --git a/test/random.unit.js b/test/random.unit.js
index cdeb07f1..39ef4a0f 100644
--- a/test/random.unit.js
+++ b/test/random.unit.js
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ describe("random.js", function () {
       assert.equal(name, 'Eva Jenkins');
     })
 
+    it('should return deterministic results when seeded with 0', function() {
+      faker.seed(0);
+      var name = faker.name.findName();
+      assert.strictEqual(name, 'Lola Sporer');
+    })
+
     it('should return deterministic results when seeded with array - one element', function() {
       faker.seed([10]);
       var name = faker.name.findName();
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