R is not S-PLUS, and you need Modern Applied Statistics in S (4th ed) for a description including R.
sample in R used a PRNG: see ?RNG in R for the details of PRNGs in R. On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Ramzi Feghali wrote: > i have a question about the "sample" function used in R, does it work as > a pseudo-dandom number generator programmed with C, like it is described > in Modern Applied Statics with S-Plus 3d edition chapter 5 section 2? -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
