[R] Generating Numbers With Certain Distribution in R

Gustaf Rydevik gustaf.rydevik at gmail.com
Wed Feb 11 14:35:56 CET 2009


On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Ben Bolker <bolker at ufl.edu> wrote:
> Bernardo Rangel Tura wrote:
>
>> I think your routine need a little fix
>>
>> x <- rlnorm(1e6,meanlog=1,sdlog=1) ## pick any parameters you like
>> y <- round((x-min(x)/diff(range(x)))*199999+1)
>>
>> What you think?
>
>  Yes.


No.
Bernardo misplaced the parenthesis around (x-min(x))
Correct version is:

x <- rlnorm(1e6,meanlog=1,sdlog=1) ## pick any parameters you like
y <- round((x-min(x))/diff(range(x))*199999+1)


/Gustaf


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