Overview

random provides GNU R with easy access to the true random numbers provided by random.org created by Mads Haahr. random is portable and does not depend on any hardware- or operating system-specific features to supply true (i.e. physical) randomness.

The package provides three simple funcions:

• randomNumbers supplies random numbers, potentially with replications, over an interval--like rolling a die (with more than six sides) multiple times;
• randomSequence supplies a reshuffled sequence given a lower and upper bound for the sequence;
• randomBytes supplued raw bits in binary, octal, decimal or hexadecimal format.

Background

The pdf document random-essay is a copy of essay by Mads Haahr at the random.org website.

Both documents are included in the R package and accessible via the vignette() function once the package is loaded.

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