Dear Guido, Try
prov2<-prov[sample(1:nrow(prov),5,replace=F),] which corresponds to without replacement sampling. Best Ozgur -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Problem-with-sample-function-tp4632835p4632836.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.