[R] Log random number

[Ravi Varadhan]

If you want to generate log-normally distributed random numbers, see:

?rlnorm

Note: X is said to be log-normally distributed when log(X) is normally
distributed.

Ravi.

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Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, The Center on Aging and Health

Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology 

Johns Hopkins University

Ph: (410) 502-2619

Fax: (410) 614-9625

Email: rvaradhan at jhmi.edu

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-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On
Behalf Of Wensui Liu
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:51 PM
To: Tobias Schlottmann
Cc: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] Log random number

dont think so, unless i miss something here.
please do check the range of normal random number and the domain of
log function.

On 11/14/07, Tobias Schlottmann <tobischlot2002 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>    Dear R users,
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>   Simply my question is that how it is possible to generate some random
numbers using rnorm( ) but in log transformed values.
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>   Thank you,
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>   Tobias
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