Date:         Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:50:33 -0400
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: how to generate 1 to 100k random numbers without zeros?

John,

Nice to see you back again!

This thread actually (as I recall at least) started on comp.soft-sys.sas.
The OP, at it turned out, wanted random numbers between 1 and 100,000,
with replacement.

As datanull pointed out, in that thread, without replacment proc plan
provided a much easier alternative.  Any of the other solutions, using
only the ranuni function, would result in duplication.

When one is limiting the selection of fractions, by using whatever
function, either 0 or duplication is of course possible.

Art
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:35:54 +0100, John Whittington
<John.W@MEDISCIENCE.CO.UK> wrote:

>At 17:59 13/09/2010 -0400, Viel, Kevin wrote (in part):
>>According to the documentation:
>>"The RANUNI function returns a number that is generated from the uniform
>>distribution on the interval (0,1)"
>>Indeed, (0,1) does not include 0 and 1.  However, this is inconsistent
>>with the uniform distribution as I know it, which includes its endpoints,
>>so I wonder if it should not be [0,1].
>
>An interesting, but extremely academic, question.  As far as
practicalities
>are concerned, is it not true that when (as in the real world) figures are
>expressed to any finite degree of precision, (0.1) _does_ include the
>endpoints?
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>
>John
>
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