rstate {phytools}

Pick a random state according to a vector of probabilities

Description

Internal function for make.simmap.

Usage

rstate(y)

Arguments

y

vector of probabilities. Must have names & should probably add to 1.0.

Details

This function picks a random element in a vector according to the probability assigned that element. It returns the name. Uses rmultinom.

Value

A character or string.

Author(s)

Liam Revell [e-mail]

References

Revell, L. J. (2024) phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things). PeerJ, 12, e16505.