I need to randomly choose k integers between 1 and T without replacement.
Here's what I've come up with:
T=60;
k=15;
/* random vector for choosing integers */
r = j(T,1,0);
call randgen(r,'uniform');
/* find indices from sorting r */
call sortndx( integers, r, {1});
/* take first k integers */
draw = integers[1:k];
I need to do it many times, and I'd rather avoid looping through this, so I'm wondering if anyone has a better solution.
There are many ways. Do you have SAS/IML 12.1 (SAS 9.3m2)? If so, use
s = sample(1:60, {15 100}, "WOR");
The sample space is 1:60. The sample size is 15. The number of independent draws is 100. The samplnig is done without replacement.
There are many ways. Do you have SAS/IML 12.1 (SAS 9.3m2)? If so, use
s = sample(1:60, {15 100}, "WOR");
The sample space is 1:60. The sample size is 15. The number of independent draws is 100. The samplnig is done without replacement.
Perfect, thanks Rick. I made sure to update to 9.4 (12.3) after your recent blog post.
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