I'm doing a permutation test and need to efficiently generate all distinct subsets of size r from a set of size n. P 138 of MASS (4th ed) notes that "The code to generate this efficiently is in the scripts". I was unable to find this code on quick inspection of the \library\MASS\scripts file for Chapter 5 and 'subsets' is not a function in MASS.
I did find this problem is discussed in RNews, Programmer's Niche 1(1):27 - 30 and RNews, 1(2):29-31. Is there function in 'base' R or other package to do this? Thanks. --Dale ______________________________________________ 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.
