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Add a random double variable to dataset

Usage

add_var_random_dbl(
  data,
  name = "random_dbl",
  min_val = 0,
  max_val = 100,
  overwrite = TRUE,
  seed
)

Arguments

data

A dataset

name

Name of new variable (as string)

min_val

Minimum random integers

max_val

Maximum random integers

overwrite

Can new random variable overwrite an existing variable in dataset?

seed

Seed for random number generation (integer)

Value

Dataset containing new random variable

Examples

library(magrittr)
iris %>% add_var_random_dbl() %>% head()
#>   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species random_dbl
#> 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa   4.359784
#> 2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa  60.653479
#> 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa  41.704910
#> 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa   4.361902
#> 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa  99.340774
#> 6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa  62.656104
iris %>% add_var_random_dbl(name = "random_var") %>% head()
#>   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species random_var
#> 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa   91.58483
#> 2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa   56.90790
#> 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa   63.78907
#> 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa   41.60700
#> 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa   79.66102
#> 6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa   86.22762
iris %>% add_var_random_dbl(min_val = 1, max_val = 10) %>% head()
#>   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species random_dbl
#> 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa   7.099028
#> 2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa   8.516400
#> 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa   9.426371
#> 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa   1.526056
#> 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa   7.012232
#> 6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa   4.472709