With R 1.4.0 the JohnsonFit() function in SuppDists has been modified to accept a vector of the first four central moments. Previously the only obvious option was to input a set of observations. The most common need for this seems to be by those who have no data in hand, but want random values from non standard distributions. -- Bob Wheeler --- (Reply to: bwheeler at echip.com) ECHIP, Inc. --- (302) 239-6620, voice FAX 724 Yorklyn Rd., Hockessin, DE 19707 Randomness comes in bunches -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-announce mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-announce-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._