Kurt_Helf at nps.gov
2010-Jun-12 13:49 UTC
[R] generating ordered, random decimal fractions
Greetings How do I do this in R? Checking the Cran site produces a bewildering array of packages that I can't seem to find to load. Surely the main program has this function? Cheers Kurt *************************************************************** Kurt Lewis Helf, Ph.D. Invertebrate Ecologist National Park Service Cumberland Piedmont Network P.O. Box 8 Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 Ph: 270-758-2163 Lab: 270-758-2151 Fax: 270-758-2609 **************************************************************** Science, in constantly seeking real explanations, reveals the true majesty of our world in all its complexity. -Richard Dawkins The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition in having two layers. Like the latter it passes on its theories but it also passes on a critical attitude towards them. The theories are passed on not as dogmas but rather with the challenge to discuss them and improve upon them. -Karl Popper ...consider yourself a guest in the home of other creatures as significant as yourself. -Wayside at Wilderness Threshold in McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX Cumberland Piedmont Network Forest Pest Monitoring Website http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/cupn/monitor/forestpest/forest_pests.cfm Cumberland Piedmont Network Cave Cricket Monitoring Website: http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/cupn/monitor/cavecrickets/cavecrickets.cfm
I must be missing something; can't you just use, e.g., one of: sort(round(runif(10), 3)) sort(sample(1000, 10, TRUE)/1000) ? -Peter Ehlers On 2010-06-12 7:49, Kurt_Helf at nps.gov wrote:> Greetings > How do I do this in R? Checking the Cran site produces a bewildering array > of packages that I can't seem to find to load. Surely the main program has > this function? > Cheers > Kurt > > *************************************************************** > Kurt Lewis Helf, Ph.D. > Invertebrate Ecologist > National Park Service > Cumberland Piedmont Network > P.O. Box 8 > Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 > Ph: 270-758-2163 > Lab: 270-758-2151 > Fax: 270-758-2609 > **************************************************************** > Science, in constantly seeking real explanations, reveals the true majesty > of our world in all its complexity. > -Richard Dawkins > > The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition > in having two layers. Like the latter it passes on its theories but it > also passes on a critical attitude towards them. The theories are passed > on not as dogmas but rather with the challenge to discuss them and improve > upon them. > -Karl Popper > > ...consider yourself a guest in the home of other creatures as significant > as yourself. > -Wayside at Wilderness Threshold in McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains > National Park, TX > > Cumberland Piedmont Network Forest Pest Monitoring Website > http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/cupn/monitor/forestpest/forest_pests.cfm > > > Cumberland Piedmont Network Cave Cricket Monitoring Website: > http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/cupn/monitor/cavecrickets/cavecrickets.cfm >