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
    ]
}

[
    4.459977791946193,
    4.148979025631544,
    5.096564319798133,
    2.5926184837062705,
    3.99268612410673
]

Generating integers

Use the decimals function modifier to generate integers.

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

[
    70,
    60,
    69,
    70,
    86
]

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Specification

JSON schema

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