PGARandomGaussian

Langue: en

Version: 301812 (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 5 (Format de fichier)

NAME

PGARandomGaussian - returns an approximation to a Gaussian random number

INPUT PARAMETERS

mean
- the mean of the Gaussian distribution
sigma
- the standard deviation of the Gaussian distribution

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

none

SYNOPSIS

 #include "pgapack.h"
 double  PGARandomGaussian(ctx, mean, sigma)
 PGAContext *ctx
 double mean
 double sigma
 

LOCATION

random.c

EXAMPLE

 Example:
 To generate a Gaussian random number with mean 0.0 and standard
 deviation 1.0 use
 
 PGAContext *ctx;
 :
 r = PGARandomGaussian(ctx, 0.0, 1.0);