08-05-2009
Generating random numbers
Hi,
I am having trouble with generating random numbers. can this be done with awk?
So I have a file that looks like this:
23 30
24 40
26 34
So column1 is start and column2 is end. I want to generate 3 random #'s between start and stop:
So the output will look like this:
23 30 26 28 29
24 40 24 28 38
26 34 28 30 31
where the last 3 columns are random numbers. Is this possible?
thanks
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dlarnv
dlarnv.f(3) LAPACK dlarnv.f(3)
NAME
dlarnv.f -
SYNOPSIS
Functions/Subroutines
subroutine dlarnv (IDIST, ISEED, N, X)
DLARNV returns a vector of random numbers from a uniform or normal distribution.
Function/Subroutine Documentation
subroutine dlarnv (integerIDIST, integer, dimension( 4 )ISEED, integerN, double precision, dimension( * )X)
DLARNV returns a vector of random numbers from a uniform or normal distribution.
Purpose:
DLARNV returns a vector of n random real numbers from a uniform or
normal distribution.
Parameters:
IDIST
IDIST is INTEGER
Specifies the distribution of the random numbers:
= 1: uniform (0,1)
= 2: uniform (-1,1)
= 3: normal (0,1)
ISEED
ISEED is INTEGER array, dimension (4)
On entry, the seed of the random number generator; the array
elements must be between 0 and 4095, and ISEED(4) must be
odd.
On exit, the seed is updated.
N
N is INTEGER
The number of random numbers to be generated.
X
X is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N)
The generated random numbers.
Author:
Univ. of Tennessee
Univ. of California Berkeley
Univ. of Colorado Denver
NAG Ltd.
Date:
September 2012
Further Details:
This routine calls the auxiliary routine DLARUV to generate random
real numbers from a uniform (0,1) distribution, in batches of up to
128 using vectorisable code. The Box-Muller method is used to
transform numbers from a uniform to a normal distribution.
Definition at line 98 of file dlarnv.f.
Author
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Version 3.4.2 Tue Sep 25 2012 dlarnv.f(3)