Hi Nick - I think you'll need to use grandom, and then spread/shift it. Try this:
$stdev = 2; $mean = 5; $randMatr = grand(5,5) * $stdev + $mean; David On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Nicholas Wright < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > This may be a simple question, but I'm a PDL newbie, so any help > appreciated. > > How do I generate a random number from a Gaussian distribution with > standard deviation $a and center $b ? > > Thanks, > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl >
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