How to split data into training/testing sets using sample function

Question

I\'ve just started using R and I\'m not sure how to incorporate my dataset with the following sample code:

sample(x, size, replace = FALSE, prob = NULL)
         


        

Answer 1

Below a function that create a list of sub-samples of the same size which is not exactly what you wanted but might prove usefull for others. In my case to create multiple classification trees on smaller samples to test overfitting :

df_split <- function (df, number){
  sizedf      <- length(df[,1])
  bound       <- sizedf/number
  list        <- list() 
  for (i in 1:number){
    list[i] <- list(df[((i*bound+1)-bound):(i*bound),])
  }
  return(list)
}

Example :

x <- matrix(c(1:10), ncol=1)
x
# [,1]
# [1,]    1
# [2,]    2
# [3,]    3
# [4,]    4
# [5,]    5
# [6,]    6
# [7,]    7
# [8,]    8
# [9,]    9
#[10,]   10

x.split <- df_split(x,5)
x.split
# [[1]]
# [1] 1 2

# [[2]]
# [1] 3 4

# [[3]]
# [1] 5 6

# [[4]]
# [1] 7 8

# [[5]]
# [1] 9 10