[R] function sample: diferences across R versions

[Patrick (Malone Quantitative)]

My understanding is that sample() in 3.6.0 did, in fact, change in
ways that detach it from set.seed().

You can use RNGkind() or RNGversion() to recapture the old behavior.

See https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/base/NEWS.R-3.6.1.html in the
section CHANGES IN R 3.6.0 .

Also, please do not post in HTML.

Pat

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 6:45 PM Jose Claudio Faria
<joseclaudio.faria using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I just noticed the difference in a teaching data generation script between
> version 3.6.1 and earlier.
>
> #! R version 3.4.3
> set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> [1] 8
>
> #! R version 3.5.1patched
> set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> [1] 8
>
> #! R version 3.5.3patched
> set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> [1] 8
>
> #! R version 3.6.0patched
> set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> [1] 8
>
> #! R version 3.6.1patched
> set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> [1] 9  # <--------------------------------- Here!
>
> Is it a bug?
> if not (is a new feature) how can I maintain compatibility between version
> 3.6.1 and all others?
>
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