[R] Generate random numbers under constrain

Bert Gunter
Sat, 22 Nov 2014 15:19:03 -0000

(Hit send key by accident before I was finished ...)

Bert Gunter
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On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:14 AM, Bert Gunter <bgunter at gene.com>
wrote:
> Well, if their sum must be < 1 they ain't random...
>
 But anyway, one way is ... given n

 randnums <- function(n)
 {
u <- runif(n)
u/sum(u)
}

 Bert Gunter

>
>
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Ragia Ibrahim <ragia11 at
hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>> I use R 3.1.1 for Windows.
>> kindly how can I generate n number of random numbers with probability
from [0,1]
>> and their sum must not be more than one
>> thanks in advance
>> Ragia
>>
>>
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