I'm looking to generate a bunch of random information to be used for testing.
Right now, my script accepts three parameters, quantity, a central point, and a deviation range and then generates [quantity] numbers ranging from [central point - deviation range] to [central point + deviation range]. so it looks like this: perl GenNumbers.pl 10 100 5 95 102 99 100 . . 101 Unfortunately this generates a rather flat distribution--numbers evenly distributed from 95-105. Ideally, I'd like the majority of numbers to be "closer" to the central point, with relatively few at the extremes. Any ideas on how to go about doing this? Now that I've written this up, I suppose it may be more of a math question and Perl related. The only statistic related modules I can find are more formulae based and don't help in generating numbers. If it matters, I'm using perl v5.6.1 for Cygwin. I do have access to ActiveState perl if it's necessary. Thanks. -r Russell J Foster Senior Systems Engineer Subject, Wills, and Company _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
