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  \code{\link{.Machine}$integer.max}.
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  \code{\link{.Machine}$integer.max}.
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  The optional \code{prob} argument can be used to give a vector of
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  The optional \code{prob} argument can be used to give a vector of
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  weights for obtaining the elements of the vector being sampled.  They
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  weights for obtaining the elements of the vector being sampled.  They
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  need not sum to one, but they should be non-negative and not all zero.
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  need not sum to one, but they should be non-negative and not all zero.
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  If \code{replace} is true, Walker's alias method (Ripley, 1987) is
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  If \code{replace} is true, Walker's alias method \bibcitep{R:Ripley:1987} is
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  used when there are more than 200 reasonably probable values: this
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  used when there are more than 200 reasonably probable values: this
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  gives results incompatible with those from \R < 2.2.0.
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  gives results incompatible with those from \R < 2.2.0.
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  If \code{replace} is false, these probabilities are applied
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  If \code{replace} is false, these probabilities are applied
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  sequentially, that is the probability of choosing the next item is
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  sequentially, that is the probability of choosing the next item is
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  elements from \code{1:n}, or a double vector if
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  elements from \code{1:n}, or a double vector if
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  \eqn{n \ge 2^{31}}{n >= 2^31}.
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  \eqn{n \ge 2^{31}}{n >= 2^31}.
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}
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}
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\references{
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\references{
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  \bibshow{R:Becker+Chambers+Wilks:1988}
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  \bibshow{R:Becker+Chambers+Wilks:1988,
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  Ripley, B. D. (1987) \emph{Stochastic Simulation}. Wiley.
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    R:Ripley:1987}
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}
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}
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\seealso{
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\seealso{
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  \code{\link{RNGkind}(sample.kind = ..)} about random number generation,
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  \code{\link{RNGkind}(sample.kind = ..)} about random number generation,
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  notably the change of \code{sample()} results with \R version 3.6.0.
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  notably the change of \code{sample()} results with \R version 3.6.0.
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