absl::Gaussian

Produces a floating point value from a Gaussian (Normal) distribution.

Synopsis

Declared in <absl/random/distributions.h>

template<
    typename RealType,
    typename URBG>
RealType
Gaussian(
    URBG&& urbg,
    RealType mean = 0,
    RealType stddev = 1);

Description

absl::Gaussian produces a floating point number selected from the Gaussian (ie. "Normal") distribution. T must be a floating point type, but may be inferred from the types of mean and stddev.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution

Example:

absl::BitGen bitgen; ... double giraffe_height = absl::Gaussian(bitgen, 16.3, 3.3);

Return Value

A random value drawn from the Gaussian distribution.

Parameters

Name

Description

urbg

The uniform random bit generator.

mean

The mean of the distribution.

stddev

The standard deviation of the distribution.

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