I am sure there is a more elegant version of doing this. But this works: x<-rnorm(20) y<-matrix(1:5) #number of points to sample f<-function(z){sample(x,z)} apply(y,1,f)
Just adjust y to your liking. HTH, Daniel alfredo wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'd like to randomly sample a vector N times, where each successive random > sample increases in size. I have realised that the function sample does > not take vectors for arguments. For example, > > x<-rnorm(20,0,1) > sample(x,c(1,2,3)) ## will only return one random sample of size 1. > > The trick seems to be getting past the size argument of the function. I've > tried different things without success. Any help would be most > appreciated! > > Thanks, > > A > -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Size-argument-in-sample-function-tp3605486p3606011.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.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.