OP RND (v0.3)

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OP has a set of methods used to generate pseudo-random number. Pseudo random number generators in op are useful for statistics but not for cryptografy.


Functions

var s1 = RND.uniform (a1,b1); // generates a random number with a uniform distribution between a1 and a2 
var s2 = RND.normal (a1,a2)   // generates a random number with a normal distribution with a1 mean and a2 std desviation
var s3 = RND.poisson(a);      // generates a random number with a poisson distribution with a parameter 
var s4 = RND.gamma(a);        // generates a random number with a gamma distribution with a parameter 
var s5 = RND.str(n);          // generates a string of n characters. The string can be used as a filenema or a url path.