Sampling from a Distribution

Name

UxHwDoubleSample, UxHwFloatSample — Return a sample from the distribution.

Synopsis

#include <uxhw.h>

double	UxHwDoubleSample(double value);
float	UxHwFloatSample(float value);

Description

The UxHwDoubleSample() function, on architectures that associate distributional information with floating-point values, draws a sample from the distribution associated with value and returns it.

Parameters

• value — The distributional value to draw a sample from.

Return Values

The UxHwDoubleSample() function returns a sample from the distribution value. If value has no distribution associated with it, it returns value.

✏️   Examples

#include <stdio.h>
#include <uxhw.h>

int
main(void)
{
	double	a = UxHwDoubleUniformDist(10.0, 20.0);
	double	sample = UxHwDoubleSample(a);

	printf("Sample of %lf is %lf.\n", a, sample);

	return 0;
}