Struct std::rand::distributions::NormalUnstable
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pub struct Normal { // some fields omitted }
The normal distribution N(mean, std_dev**2)
.
This uses the ZIGNOR variant of the Ziggurat method, see
StandardNormal
for more details.
Example
fn main() { use std::rand; use std::rand::distributions::{Normal, IndependentSample}; // mean 2, standard deviation 3 let normal = Normal::new(2.0, 3.0); let v = normal.ind_sample(&mut rand::thread_rng()); println!("{} is from a N(2, 9) distribution", v) }use std::rand; use std::rand::distributions::{Normal, IndependentSample}; // mean 2, standard deviation 3 let normal = Normal::new(2.0, 3.0); let v = normal.ind_sample(&mut rand::thread_rng()); println!("{} is from a N(2, 9) distribution", v)
Methods
impl Normal
fn new(mean: f64, std_dev: f64) -> Normal
Construct a new Normal
distribution with the given mean and
standard deviation.
Panics
Panics if std_dev < 0
.