R help - Feb 2005 - Sampling given a table of percentages?

I have a vector V.  sum(V) = 100, i.e. it's percentages.  length(V) is 
large.  I wish to generate samples (with replacement is fine), 
integers, in the range 1:length(V) who's distribution is driven by the 
distribution implied by the percentages in V.    V is unsorted, but 
that could change.  I'd rather not be too specific about the 
distribution of V.    I can certainly solve the problem intersecting my 
thin knowledge of R with my skills in programming, but I suspect this 
is trivial to somebody fluent in R.   Suggestions?  Thanks!  - ben

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Wouldn't sample(length(V), prob=V) do?

Andy
> From: Ben Hyde
> 
> I have a vector V.  sum(V) = 100, i.e. it's percentages.  
> length(V) is 
> large.  I wish to generate samples (with replacement is fine), 
> integers, in the range 1:length(V) who's distribution is 
> driven by the 
> distribution implied by the percentages in V.    V is unsorted, but 
> that could change.  I'd rather not be too specific about the 
> distribution of V.    I can certainly solve the problem 
> intersecting my 
> thin knowledge of R with my skills in programming, but I suspect this 
> is trivial to somebody fluent in R.   Suggestions?  Thanks!  - ben
> 
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Thank you one and all for the answer to my question, I just knew it 
would be painfully obvious.   sample, duh.