rand_vect: Random vector of N integers that sum to M

In vanderlindenma/lindenutils: R package with common utility functions for Martin Van der Linden

Description

Random vector of N integers that sum to M (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24845909/generate-n-random-integers-that-sum-to-m-in-r)

Usage

rand_vect(N,M)

Arguments

N	Size of the vector.
M	Sum of elements in the vector.
sd	Approximate standard deviation for elements of vector (default = 1).
pos.only	Resulting vector contains only positive integers (default = TRUE)

Value

Vector of size N with elements summing to M

Examples

rand_vect(3, 50)
[1] 17 16 17
rand_vect(10, 10, pos.only = FALSE)
[1]  0  2  3  2  0  0 -1  2  1  1
rand_vect(10, 5, pos.only = TRUE)
[1] 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0
rand_vect(10, -1, pos.only = FALSE)
[1] -1 -1  1 -2  2  1  1  0 -1 -1

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