[R] Drawing random numbers from Uniform distribution with infinite range

[peter dalgaard]

That makes no sense, mathematically. If a measure has constant density over an infinite region, then the total mass is infinite, i.e. not a probability measure.

-pd 

> On 28 Jul 2025, at 18.00, Daniel Lobo <danielobo9976 using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to draw a set of random number from Uniform distribution where
> Support is the entire Real line.
> 
> runif(4, min = -Inf, max = Inf)
> 
> However it produces all NAN
> 
> Could you please help with the right approach?
> 
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