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Re: st: RE: generating random, not pseudo-random numbers


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: generating random, not pseudo-random numbers
Date   Fri, 9 Nov 2012 18:04:36 +0000

That aside, -runiform()- in Stata 10 up is primarily a new name for
-uniform()-.

Nick

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 5:27 PM, David Radwin <[email protected]> wrote:
> See http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2010-09/msg01404.html for a
> hint.
Pradipto Banerjee

>> I am using Stata 9.2 and it appears that I don't have the runiform()
>> function. The uniform() function is pseudo-random numbers and so when I
>> run a code say N times, the output is the same every time. How can I
>> generate random numbers in Stata 9.2 ?
>>
>> I saw a few posts on Statalist that recommended using -clock()- , but in
>> Stata 9.2, I don't have clock either.
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