Generate random numbers with fixed mean and sd

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Since you asked for a one-liner:

rnorm2 <- function(n,mean,sd) { mean+sd*scale(rnorm(n)) }
r <- rnorm2(100,4,1)
mean(r)  ## 4
sd(r)    ## 1

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