[R] error message: .Random.seed is not an integer vector but

[(Ted Harding)]

On 23-Jul-09 16:08:17, Jim Bouldin wrote:
>> Jim Bouldin wrote:
>> > Thank you.  However, when I tried that, I got this message:
>> 
>> > Warning message:
>> > In rm(.Random.seed) : variable ".Random.seed" was not found
>> 
>> In that case, have you attached some package that has its own
>> .Random.seed?
>> Try to find where the current .random.seed comes from R complains
>> about.
>> 
>> Uwe Ligges
> 
> No, there are no attached packages, just the ones that load
> automatically. The R commander has some type of RNG but it is not
loaded.  Completely stumped.

Follow-up to my previous reply (just posted). Having read the other
responses and your reactions, try the following:

  rm(.Random.seed)
  set.seed(54321)         ## (Or your favourite magic number) [*]
  x = as.vector(c(1:12))  ## To reproduce your original code ... !
  sample(x,3)

[*] When you did rm(.Random.seed) as suggested by Uwe, the variable
.Random.seed was lost, so you have to create it again.

If, after the above, you still get the problem, then something is
very seriously wrong.

Ted.

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