Your question is ambiguous. One reading is n <- length(table$Data) m <- n %/% 3 s <- sample(1:n, n) X <- table$Data[s[1:m]] Y <- table$Data[s[(m+1):(2*m)]] Z <- table$Data[s[(m*2+1):(3*m)]]
On Fri, 3 Sept 2021 at 13:31, AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa <abouelmakarim1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear All: > > How to split a column data *randomly* into three groups. Please see the > attached data. I need to split column #2 titled "Data" > > with many thanks > abou > ______________________ > > > *AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, PhD* > > *Professor, Statistics and Data Science* > *Graduate Coordinator* > > *Department of Mathematics and Statistics* > *University of Southern Maine* > ______________________________________________ > 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.