diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: nottshcMethods
 Title: Helper functions for working with NHS healthcare data by the Data Science Team of the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
-Version: 0.0.1
+Version: 0.1.0
 Date: 2021-03-29
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Milan", "Wiedemann", email = "milan.wiedemann@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1991-282X")),
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
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--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
 export(hash)
+export(sample_vector)
 export(theme_nottshc)
diff --git a/R/sample_vector.R b/R/sample_vector.R
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#' CDU data science team ggplot2 theme
+#'
+#' A ggplot2 theme with a white panel background, no grid lines,
+#' large axis and legend titles,
+#' and increased text padding for better readability.
+#'
+#' @param values Vector- the thing you want to sample from
+#' @param weights vector of integers the same length as values- the proportions
+#' with which you want to sample
+#' @param length integer- how long you want the return value to be- e.g. the
+#' number of rows in a dataframe
+#'
+#' @export
+sample_vector <- function(values, weights, length){
+
+  sample(values, length, replace = TRUE, prob = weights / sum(weights))
+}
+
+sample_vector(values = c(NA, "Male", "Female", "Other"),
+              weights = c(10, 50, 50, 2),
+              length = 100)
diff --git a/man/sample_vector.Rd b/man/sample_vector.Rd
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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/sample_vector.R
+\name{sample_vector}
+\alias{sample_vector}
+\title{CDU data science team ggplot2 theme}
+\usage{
+sample_vector(values, weights, length)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{values}{Vector- the thing you want to sample from}
+
+\item{weights}{vector of integers the same length as values- the proportions
+with which you want to sample}
+
+\item{length}{integer- how long you want the return value to be- e.g. the
+number of rows in a dataframe}
+}
+\description{
+A ggplot2 theme with a white panel background, no grid lines,
+large axis and legend titles,
+and increased text padding for better readability.
+}