Hi Vie,
Take a look at ?runif.

set.seed(123)
> runif(1,0,0.5)
[1] 0.1437888
> runif(1,0,0.7)
[1] 0.5518136

HTH,

Jorge


On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Vie <wxv579@bham.ac.uk> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Ive been trying to find a function that will allow me to pull out a number
> between a minimum and maximum threshold.
>
> I want a random decimal number between, for example, 0 and 0.5 or 0 and
> 0.7.
> I've been searching everywhere for a function that will allow me to do this
> in R, but I have yet to be successful. Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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