[R] Generate N random numbers with a given probability and condition

Jeff Newmiller jdnewm|| @end|ng |rom dcn@d@v|@@c@@u@
Thu Jul 5 00:56:59 CEST 2018


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On July 4, 2018 3:21:34 PM PDT, Nelly Reduan <nell.redu using hotmail.fr> wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I would like to generate N random numbers with a given probability and
>condition but I'm not sure how to do this.
>For example, I have N = 20 and the vector from which to choose is
>seq(0, 10, 1). I have tested:
>
>x <- sample(seq(0, 10, 1), 20, replace=TRUE, prob=rep(0.28,
>times=length(seq(0, 10, 1))))
>
>But I don�t know how to put the condition sum(x) <= max(seq(0, 10, 1)).
>Many thanks for your time
>Nell
>
>
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