[R] where is internal function of sample()?
Prof Brian Ripley
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Tue Apr 12 08:46:05 CEST 2005
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Weijie Cai wrote:
> I am trying to write a c++ shared library for R. I need a function which has
> the same functionality as sample() in R, i.e., does permutation, sample
> with/without replacement. Does R have internal sample routine so that I can
> call it directly?
>
> I did not find it in R.h, Rinternal.h.
That's because it is not in the API. The function is do_sample in
src/main/random.c. You could construct an appropriate call with some
ingenuity.
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