I am trying to convert some Matlab code into R. The code looks something like this:
u= [.4 .5 .1;
.2 .4 .4;
.4 .1 .5]
z= find(cumsum(u)>= rand,1)
OUTPUT: e.g. z = 3
The mathematical background is described like this (from a math tut. script):
We make a vector containing the cumulative sum of the columns (which we know sum to one), generate a random number (0-1),and then use the find function to take the first number in the cumulative sum vector that is >= the random number. For example if our D vector is [.5 .5] 50% of the time the element of the vector corresponding to the state one will be >= to the random number. https://psyarxiv.com/b4jm6/
I have tried to use find()
from the pracma
package(docu. link below), but I don't know how to get it working. I get either "dims[product...] do not match the length of object"
or mostly just "is.character(what) is not TRUE"
...
Matlab function:
k = find(x,n)
returns the first n indices corresponding to the nonzero elements in X. https://de.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/find.html
find()
from the R package pracma
, which only seems to conver find(x)
:
https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/pracma/versions/1.1.0/topics/find
Solved by @Rui Barradas: which(cumsum(u)>= runif(1))[1]