R: Generate Randomized Fingerprints

random.fingerprint {fingerprint} | R Documentation

## Generate Randomized Fingerprints

### Description

A utility function that can be used to generate binary fingerprints of a specified length with a specifed number of bit positions (selected randomly) set to 1. Currently bit positions are selected uniformly

### Usage

    random.fingerprint(nbit,on)

### Arguments

`nbit` | The length of the fingerprint, that is, the total number of bits. Must be a positive integer.
`on` | How many positions should be set to 1

### Value

An object of class `fingerprint`

### Author(s)

Rajarshi Guha rguha@indiana.edu

### Examples

    # make a fingerprint vector
    fp <- random.fingerprint(32, 16)
    as.character(fp)

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