>
> ...I discovered that when R attempts to sample from an object with only one
> number it does not
> reproduce/report the number but instead chooses a random number between 1
> and that number.
>

This is the documented behavior.

In my opinion, it is a design error, but changing it would no doubt break
lots of code.

As a general rule, the designers of R seem to have preferred convenience to
consistency, which often makes things easier or more concise, but sometimes
causes unfortunate surprises like this.

           -s

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