There are lots of ways to do this. For example, > groups <- cut(data$value, include.lowest = T, right = FALSE, + breaks = 0:ceiling(max(data$value))) > grp <- c("[0,1)", "[1,2)", "[2,3)", "[3,4)", "[4,5)") > size <- c(10, 7, 5, 5, 3) > set.seed(42) > samples <- lapply(1:5, function(x) sample(data$id[groups==grp[x]], + size[x])) > names(samples) <- grp > samples $`[0,1)` [1] 69 68 33 63 56 46 65 12 50 58
$`[1,2)` [1] 20 34 43 8 15 52 19 $`[2,3)` [1] 7 22 62 28 2 $`[3,4)` [1] 61 53 5 25 21 $`[4,5)` [1] 59 35 40 > > groups <- cut(data$value, include.lowest = T, right = FALSE, + breaks = 0:ceiling(max(data$value))) > grp <- c("[0,1)", "[1,2)", "[2,3)", "[3,4)", "[4,5)") > size <- c(10, 7, 5, 5, 3) > set.seed(42) > samples <- lapply(1:5, function(x) sample(data$id[groups==grp[x]], + size[x])) > names(samples) <- grp > samples $`[0,1)` [1] 69 68 33 63 56 46 65 12 50 58 $`[1,2)` [1] 20 34 43 8 15 52 19 $`[2,3)` [1] 7 22 62 28 2 $`[3,4)` [1] 61 53 5 25 21 $`[4,5)` [1] 59 35 40 ------------------------------------- David L Carlson Department of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77840-4352 -----Original Message----- From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Frank S. Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 2:02 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Random selection of a fixed number of values by interval Dear R users, I'm writing to this list because I must get a random sample (without replacement) from a given vector, but the clue is that I need to extract a fixed number of values by each prespecified 1-unit interval. As an example I try to say, I have a data frame that looks like this (my real dataframe is bigger): data <- data.frame(id = 1:70, value= c(0.68, 2.96, 1.93, 5.63, 3.08, 3.10, 2.99, 1.79, 2.96, 0.85, 11.79, 0.06, 4.31, 0.64, 1.43, 0.88, 2.79, 4.67, 1.23, 1.43, 3.05, 2.44, 2.55, 3.82, 3.55, 1.56, 7.25, 2.75, 9.64, 5.14, 3.54, 3.12, 0.17, 1.07, 4.08, 4.47, 5.58, 7.41, 0.85, 4.30, 7.58, 0.58, 1.40, 4.74, 5.04, 0.14, 1.14, 3.28, 7.84, 0.07, 3.97, 1.02, 3.47, 0.66, 2.38, 0.06, 0.67, 0.48, 4.48, 0.12, 3.82, 2.27, 0.93, 0.30, 0.73, 0.33, 2.91, 0.81, 0.18, 0.42)) And I would like to select, in a random manner: 10 id's whose value belongs to [0,1) interval 7 id's whose value belongs to [1,2) 5 id's whose value belongs to [2,3) 5 id's whose value belongs to [3,4) 3 id's whose value belongs to [4,5) # I have the following values by each 1-unit interval: table(cut(data$value, include.lowest = T, right = FALSE, breaks = 0:ceiling(max(data$value)))) and the size vector: size <- c(10, 7, 5, 5, 3) But I'm not able to get it by using sample function. Does anyone have some idea? Thank you very much for any suggestions!! Frank S. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.