[R] Generating Numbers With Certain Distribution in R

[Ben Bolker]

Gustaf Rydevik wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Ben Bolker <bolker at ufl.edu> wrote:
>> Bernardo Rangel Tura wrote:
>>
>>> I think your routine need a little fix
>>>
>>> x <- rlnorm(1e6,meanlog=1,sdlog=1) ## pick any parameters you like
>>> y <- round((x-min(x)/diff(range(x)))*199999+1)
>>>
>>> What you think?
>>  Yes.
> 
> 
> No.
> Bernardo misplaced the parenthesis around (x-min(x))
> Correct version is:
> 
> x <- rlnorm(1e6,meanlog=1,sdlog=1) ## pick any parameters you like
> y <- round((x-min(x))/diff(range(x))*199999+1)
> 
>

  Sorry, I'm obviously not paying enough attention.
  I will be interested to hear back from Gundala Viswanath
to see if this solves his (?) problem (I sort of doubt it).

  Ben