[R] Drawing from an empirical distribution

[Antonio, Fabio Di Narzo]

If the ecdf is 'ecdf(x)', do just:
> sample(x, size=whatever, replace=TRUE)

HTH,
Antonio.

2009/1/6 culpritNr1 <ig2ar-saf1 at yahoo.co.uk>:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Does anybody know if there is a simple way to draw numbers from an empirical
> distribution?
>
> I know that I can plot the empirical cumulative distribution function this
> easy:
> plot(ecdf(x))
>
> Now I want to pick a number between 0 and 1 and go back to domain of x.
> Sounds simple to me.
>
> Any suggestion?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Your culprit
> (everybody needs a culprit)
>
>
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Antonio, Fabio Di Narzo
Ph.D. student at
Department of Statistical Sciences
University of Bologna, Italy