I don't know why I thought you wanted a *random* sequence.. The 'rep' function can do more than you realise.
generate_k <- function (N, n3) rep(1:3, c(n3+2, N-2-n3*2, n3)) On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 at 22:48, Lorenzo Isella <lorenzo.ise...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, you are right (and yours is one of the possible cases). > I think this works (I resorted to pen and paper for once) > > > > generate_k <- function(N, n3){ > > n1 <- 2+n3 > n2 <- N-n1-n3 > > > out <- c(rep(1, n1), rep(2, n2), rep(3, n3)) > > return(out) > } > > where N is the length of the sample, n3 is the number of times I have the > number 3 in the sample (n1 and n2 are the same for 1 and 2, respectively). > So far it holds! > > L. > > On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 12:37:47PM +0200, Gerrit Eichner wrote: > >n_1 + ... + n_N = 2(N-1) is requested for integers n_i >= 1. > > > >What about c(rep(2, N-2), 1, 1))? > > > >but I'm afraid that this was not what you really wanted. ;-) > >However, you didn't say if your sample should be random. :-) > > > > Best regards -- Gerrit > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Dr. Gerrit Eichner Mathematical Institute, Room 212 > >gerrit.eich...@math.uni-giessen.de Justus-Liebig-University Giessen > >Tel: +49-(0)641-99-32104 Arndtstr. 2, 35392 Giessen, Germany > >http://www.uni-giessen.de/eichner > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >Am 01.08.2019 um 12:27 schrieb Lorenzo Isella: > >>Dear All, > >>I cannot unfortunately provide any R code, otherwise I > >>would not need to post this in the first place. > >>I need to generate a sample of N positive non-zero > >>integers such that their mean is *exactly* 2(N-1)/N, > >>i.e. the mean depends on the length of the sample. > >>For a start, we can assume that every integer in my > >>sample can assume only the values 1, 2 and 3. > >>Any suggestion is appreciated. > >>Cheers > >> > >>Lorenzo > >> > >>______________________________________________ > >>R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >>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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.