rand is a generic function used to produce random vectors from the
distribution defined by various objects. The generic function invokes particular
methods which depend on the class of the first
argument.
# S4 method for ANY
rand(object, n, ...)The form of the value returned by rand depends on the
class of its argument. See the documentation of the particular methods
for details of what is produced by that method.
an object from which random numbers from a distribution is desired
numeric scalar specifying quantity of random numbers
additional arguments affecting the random numbers produced
Kevin R. Coombes krc@silicovore.com,