Look in the sources of runif for the C code?
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:54 PM, TheSavageSam <jujok...@jyu.fi> wrote:
>
> I am wishing to write my own random distribution simulation function using C
> programmin language(for speed) via R. I am familiar with R programming but
> somewhat new to C programming. I was trying to understand "Writing R
> extensions" -guide and its part 6.16, but I found it hard to
> understand(http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#Standalone-Mathlib).
> I also tried to get familiar with the example codes, but it didn't make me
> any wiser.
>
> The biggest problem seems to be how to get(what code to write in C) random
> uniform numbers using Rmath. That seems to be too complicated to me at the
> moment. So if someone of you could give a small example and it would
> definitely help me a lot. All I wish to do first is to finally write(and
> understand) my own function similar to what you run in R Command line via
> command "runif".
>
> And all this I am hoping to do without recompiling my whole R. Instead of
> that I think that it is possible to use dyn.load("code.so") in R. (Yes, I
> use linux)
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