[R] error message: .Random.seed is not an integer vector but of type 'list'

[Jim Bouldin]

Thank you.  However, when I tried that, I got this message:

Warning message:
In rm(.Random.seed) : variable ".Random.seed" was not found
 
> 
> Jim Bouldin wrote:
> > I'm trying to run this simple random sample procedure and keep getting
> the
> > error message shown. I don't understand this; I've designated x as a
> > numeric vector, so what is going on here?  Thanks.
> > 
> >> x = as.vector(c(1:12));x
> >  [1]  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
> >> mode(x)
> > [1] "numeric"
> >> sample(x, 3)
> > Error in sample(x, 3) : 
> >   .Random.seed is not an integer vector but of type 'list'
> 
> 
> Something has changed/corrupted an object called .Random.seed that is 
> required by the Random Number Generator.
> 
> Just say
>   rm(.Random.seed)
> and try again.
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> 
> > Jim Bouldin, PhD
> > Research Ecologist
> > Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
> > Davis CA, 95616
> > 530-554-1740
> > 
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