number: Generate a random number (integer)

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Generate a random number (integer)

Description

Fetch n random integers between 1 and 1,000,000,000

Usage

number(n, max.digits = 10, seed = NULL)

Arguments

n	how many numbers to generate
max.digits	maximum number of digits in each number
seed	set seed for sampling to maintain reproducibility

Value

random numbers between 1 and 1 billion

Examples

number(1)
number(10)
paste0(number(2),LETTERS)

#set maximum number of digits
number(1,max.digits = 5)
number(10,max.digits = 4)

#set seed for reproducibility
#without seed
number(6) #result 1
number(6) #result 2, different from result 1
#with seed
number(6,seed=1)#result 3
number(6,seed=1)#result 4, same as result 3

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