On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Lemarian WallaceIII <tott...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Im trying to simulate the rolling of a pair of dice
>
> this is my function:
> #function to simulate tosses of a pair of dice
> #from the simulation, the program returns the empirical probability of
> #observing a double
> count <- 0
> for(j in 1:sim){#begin loop
> die1 <- sample(1:6,1)
> print(die1)
> die2 <- sample(1:6,1)
> print(die2)
> count <- ifelse(die1 == die2, count + 1, count)
> }#end loop
> emprob <- count/sim
> return(count,emprob)
> } #end program
>
>
> these are the errors that keep coming up:
> Error in 1:sim : 'sim' is missingYou need to define an object called 'sim', otherwise you are telling R to go look up the value of a non-existent variable. Does your function have a first part? All I am seeing is the body and the end. Josh > > > How do I correct this? > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
