safesample: Safely Sample a Single Item
In TaoTeProgramming: Illustrations from Tao Te Programming
Description
Usage
Arguments
Details
Value
Side effects
References
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Examples
Description
Single random selection from the input vector.
Usage
1
safesample(x)
Arguments
x
a vector.
Details
This works around the infelicity of the sample function that
can give the wrong result if x has length 1.
See Circle 8.2.33 of 'The R Inferno'.
Value
a random element of the input x.
Side effects
modify the random seed.
References
http://www.burns-stat.com/documents/books/the-r-inferno/
See Also
Examples
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safesample(2:6) # like 'sample(2:6, 1)'
safesample(4) # still works as intended
#compare:
sample(4)
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Description Usage Arguments Details Value Side effects References See Also Examples
Description
Single random selection from the input vector.
Usage
1 | safesample(x)
|
Arguments
x |
a vector. |
Details
This works around the infelicity of the sample function that
can give the wrong result if x has length 1.
See Circle 8.2.33 of 'The R Inferno'.
Value
a random element of the input x.
Side effects
modify the random seed.
References
http://www.burns-stat.com/documents/books/the-r-inferno/
See Also
Examples
1 2 3 4 5 6 | safesample(2:6) # like 'sample(2:6, 1)'
safesample(4) # still works as intended
#compare:
sample(4)
|
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