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What is the difference between the functions rnorm and runif in R?

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    $\begingroup$ Welcome to the site, @SrinivasaReddyChalla. It's not clear to me that this question is on-topic here (see our FAQ). Are you wondering about the differences b/t the normal and uniform distributions? or about the nature of pseudorandom generation? $\endgroup$
    – gung - Reinstate Monica
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    $\begingroup$ @SrinivasaReddyChalla, you can check the documentation of any R function via the syntax ?somefunction. For example, to check the documentation for runif: open up an R session and type ?runif. $\endgroup$
    – Phillip Cloud
    Feb 6, 2013 at 3:15

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rnorm generates a random value from the normal distribution. runif generates a random value from the uniform.

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rnorm(n, mean = , sd = ) is used to generate n normal random numbers with arguments mean and sd; while runif(n, min = , max = ) is used to generate n uniform random numbers lie in the interval (min, max).

Please check corresponding R help documents for details.

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