> I am very new to c++ so I apologize in advance if this is a stupid question:
I ran into this myself when I started using Rcpp -- it's a good question. The R API is extensive, but it's vanilla C and doesn't handle vectors (and you already know how to sample() a scalar, right?). > For a larger analysis I am trying to implement the R function sample() in c++ > via RcppArmadillo. There's a non-trivial penalty for reaching back into R for functions that aren't exported via the API (e.g. "Rcpp::Function sample = base["sample"];"). Rcpp Vectors are STL containers, and many folk have asked the same questions wrt the STL. There's some good background reading here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6942273/get-random-element-from-container-c-stl Christian -- A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal – Panama! _______________________________________________ Rcpp-devel mailing list Rcpp-devel@lists.r-forge.r-project.org https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rcpp-devel
