r - Add a new column with random 11 digit number

Question

I'm trying to add a couple of random numbers to my data. I want the number to be 11 digits long.

I've tried

data$new_column <- paste(sample(0:9,11,replace = T), collapse = "")

which creates the same 11 digit number, but I'm looking for different numbers in each cell (preferably non-repeating, though it's not a deal breaker).

I've also tried

data$new_column <- sample(10000000000, size = nrow(data), replace = T)

which creates a different random number in each row, but not all 11 digits in length.

Has anyone suggest a way I can do this in base r without using a loop?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65878142/add-a-new-column-with-random-11-digit-number

Answer 1

I was thinking along the same lines you were, with just a slight modification:

data$new_column <- sample(10000000000:99999999999, nrow(data))