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

If you type:

?sample

If will launch a help menu to explain what the parameters of the sample function mean.

I am not an expert, but here is some code I have:

data <- data.frame(matrix(rnorm(400), nrow=100))
splitdata <- split(data[1:nrow(data),],sample(rep(1:4,as.integer(nrow(data)/4))))
test <- splitdata[[1]]
train <- rbind(splitdata[[1]],splitdata[[2]],splitdata[[3]])

This will give you 75% train and 25% test.