R help - Feb 2012 - help in run if

hi 

My data looks like

x=c(0,0,0,0,0)
y=c(10,20,30,40,50)

i want to generate 5 random numbers  between x and y  keeping x values as
min and y value as max using apply

it takes time when it is run using for

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Thanks in Advance
        Arun
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:31:54AM -0800, arunkumar1111
wrote:
> hi 
> 
> My data looks like
> 
> x=c(0,0,0,0,0)
> y=c(10,20,30,40,50)
> 
> i want to generate 5 random numbers  between x and y  keeping x values as
> min and y value as max using apply
> 
> it takes time when it is run using for
Hi.

A solution without a loop is 

  x + (y - x)*runif(length(x))

Hope this helps.

Petr Savicky.

try this:
> x=c(0,0,0,0,0)
> y=c(10,20,30,40,50)
> mapply(runif, 1, x, y)
[1]  3.6958437  0.1190025 23.1382387 35.8738653 28.6983410


On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:31 AM, arunkumar1111 <akpbond007 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> hi
>
> My data looks like
>
> x=c(0,0,0,0,0)
> y=c(10,20,30,40,50)
>
> i want to generate 5 random numbers ?between x and y ?keeping x values as
> min and y value as max using apply
>
> it takes time when it is run using for
>
> -----
> Thanks in Advance
> ? ? ? ?Arun
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