uniformDistribution

Commentary

added in 0.0.5

Generates numbers according to a uniform distribution curve.

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Examples

Generating decimal numbers

By default, this function generates floating point numbers.

{
    "_gen": "uniformDistribution",
    "bounds": [
        1,
        10
    ]
}

[
    1.0122730367194843,
    7.370725796419692,
    2.5526220285624417,
    2.6744435984288244,
    1.6484482678210184
]

Generating integers

Use the decimals function modifier to generate integers.

{
    "_gen": "uniformDistribution",
    "bounds": [
        50,
        100
    ],
    "decimals": 0
}

[
    50,
    85,
    58,
    59,
    53
]

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Specification

JSON schema

{
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "bounds": {
            "type": "array",
            "minItems": 2,
            "maxItems": 2,
            "items": {
                "oneOf": [
                    {
                        "type": "number"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "_gen": {
                                "type": "string"
                            }
                        },
                        "required": [
                            "_gen"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        "decimals": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0
        }
    },
    "required": [
        "bounds"
    ]
}