[R] rgamma with rate as vector

[Ben Bolker]

wcyee <wcyeee <at> gmail.com> writes:

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> How does the function rgamma work in the instance with the rate
> specified as a vector of values?  My understanding is that rgamma
> returns m random values from the gamma distribution for a given shape,
> rate.  But I don't understand what the resulting lambda1's mean with
> many rate values.
> 

  If there are m rate values, then each of the m random deviates
will be chosen with the corresponding rate parameter.

  Ben Bolker