Thank you Nick,
That exactly what I want !
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:20 PM
Subject: st: RE: Creating a series of random number
> I assume you want to sample from
> a uniform distribution on some integers.
>
> Let's suppose we want to sample from 0 ... 9.
>
> gen random = floor(10 * uniform())
>
> or from 00 (i.e. 0) ... 99
>
> gen random = floor(100 * uniform())
>
> or from 10 ... 99
>
> gen random = 10 + floor(90 * uniform())
>
> and so forth.
>
> This is wrapped in an -egen- function
> -rndint()- in -egenmore- on SSC,
> but doing it from first principles
> is better exercise.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Ha Thai Son
>
> > Does any one know how to create a series of random number
> > with n digit.
>
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