R: The Categorical Distribution

Categorical {nimble} | R Documentation

## The Categorical Distribution

### Description

Density and random generation for the categorical distribution

### Usage

    dcat(x, prob, log = FALSE)

    rcat(n = 1, prob)

### Arguments

`x` | non-negative integer-value numeric value.
`prob` | vector of probabilities, internally normalized to sum to one.
`log` | logical; if TRUE, probability density is returned on the log scale.
`n` | number of observations.

### Details

See the BUGS manual for mathematical details.

### Value

`dcat` gives the density and `rcat` generates random deviates.

### Author(s)

Christopher Paciorek

### See Also

Distributions for other standard distributions

### Examples

    probs <- c(1/4, 1/10, 1 - 1/4 - 1/10)
    x <- rcat(n = 30, probs)
    dcat(x, probs)

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