Why didn't you do this in R? > help.search("random sample") Help files with alias or concept or title matching 'random sample' using fuzzy matching:
sample(base) Random Samples and Permutations Type 'help(FOO, package = PKG)' to inspect entry 'FOO(PKG) TITLE'. > See ?sample, e.g. > t1 <- rnorm(70000) > system.time(t2 <- sample(t1,size=length(t1))) user system elapsed 0.01 0.00 0.01 Best regards Frede Aakmann Tøgersen Scientist UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Dept. of Genetics and Biotechnology Blichers Allé 20, P.O. BOX 50 DK-8830 Tjele Phone: +45 8999 1900 Direct: +45 8999 1878 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.agrsci.org This email may contain information that is confidential. Any use or publication of this email without written permission from Faculty of Agricultural Sciences is not allowed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Faculty of Agricultural Sciences immediately and delete this email. > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af leffgh > Sendt: 12. november 2007 07:50 > Til: r-help@r-project.org > Emne: [R] how to randomize a vector > > > I have a vector whose length is nearly 70 thousand. > I need randomize it for 1000 times . > for randomizing , I mean ,the elements of the vector remain > intact while their order in the vector get changed randomly. > I have written a function which seems to be able to solve > short vectors , but waste a lot of time when dealing with > the the long vector mentioned above. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/how-to-randomize-a-vector-tf4789292.html > #a13700770 > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.