Date:         Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:33:44 +0530
Reply-To:     Ankur Shanker <ankur.shanker@EVALUESERVE.COM>
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From:         Ankur Shanker <ankur.shanker@EVALUESERVE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Random number generation
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Hello Matthew/Howard/Ed/Tanwan/Dan/Lou!!

Thank you for your valuable replies.

I was able to re-order the observations with the help of the following
code.

   proc sql;
   create table randomclass as
    select * from sashelp.class
     order by ranuni(0);
   quit;

Regards,

Ankur Shanker


-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lou
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:39 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Random number generation

"Ed Heaton" <EdHeaton@WESTAT.COM> wrote in message
news:403593359CA56C4CAE1F8F4F00DCFE7D089FE648@MAILBE2.westat.com...
> Ankur,
>
> A company I once worked for had to give back a considerable amount of
> money to their client because I used ranUni(0) and therefore could not
> duplicate my results!  Beware of passing zero to any of the random
> number generators!

Excellent point.  I always ask (in writing) if the generated sequence
should
be reproducible, and do not proceed until I get a written reply that can
become part of the program documentation.


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