[R] function sample: diferences across R versions

[Jose Claudio Faria]

Thanks Patrick.

I took a look at the documentation of the RNGkind and RNGversion
functions but didn't understand how they work. Can you exemplify how I
can, through them, to recapture the old behavior?

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Em ter, 30 de jul de 2019 às 19:56, Patrick (Malone Quantitative)
<malone using malonequantitative.com> escreveu:
>
> Poorly phrased--makes it act differently with respect to set.seed() .
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 6:55 PM Patrick (Malone Quantitative)
> <malone using malonequantitative.com> wrote:
> >
> > My understanding is that sample() in 3.6.0 did, in fact, change in
> > ways that detach it from set.seed().
> >
> > You can use RNGkind() or RNGversion() to recapture the old behavior.
> >
> > See https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/base/NEWS.R-3.6.1.html in the
> > section CHANGES IN R 3.6.0 .
> >
> > Also, please do not post in HTML.
> >
> > Pat
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 6:45 PM Jose Claudio Faria
> > <joseclaudio.faria using gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I just noticed the difference in a teaching data generation script between
> > > version 3.6.1 and earlier.
> > >
> > > #! R version 3.4.3
> > > set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> > > [1] 8
> > >
> > > #! R version 3.5.1patched
> > > set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> > > [1] 8
> > >
> > > #! R version 3.5.3patched
> > > set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> > > [1] 8
> > >
> > > #! R version 3.6.0patched
> > > set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> > > [1] 8
> > >
> > > #! R version 3.6.1patched
> > > set.seed(2019); sample(1:10, 1)
> > > [1] 9  # <--------------------------------- Here!
> > >
> > > Is it a bug?
> > > if not (is a new feature) how can I maintain compatibility between version
> > > 3.6.1 and all others?
> > >
> > > Regards,
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> > > if you have software like R, you have arms, legs and wings...
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