[R-sig-Geo] Not so random sampleRandom in raster package

[Tom Gottfried]

Edzer,

Am 09.02.2012 17:58, schrieb Edzer Pebesma:
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> On 02/09/2012 05:02 PM, Etienne B. Racine wrote:
>> It seems that sampleRandom isn't so random.
>>
>> # try this :
>> library(raster)
>> r<- raster(matrix(1:25, 5, 5))
>> sampleRandom(r, 25)
>> ## 1 6 11 16 21 2 7 12 17 22 3 8 13 18 23 4 9 14 19 24 5 10 15
>> sampleRandom(r, 25)
>> ## 1 6 11 16 21 2 7 12 17 22 3 8 13 18 23 4 9 14 19 24 5 10 15
>>
>> I haven't seen any documentation about this behavior.
>>
>
> Isn't the more important question whether you saw documentation that is
> in conflict with this behaviour?

taking that to the extremes: undocumented software always works perfectly.

(By the way I've heard that's the way ESRI did it with their 
"Geostatistical Analyst")

Sorry for missing the topic of the thread.
Tom

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