Normal Random is a ruby gem that generates random numbers along a normally distributed curve.

The RandomNumber class works like the standard ruby Random class.

  RandomNumber.new.rand #=> 114.67815448792281
  
  # or
  
  random_number_generator = RandomNumber.new
  random_number_generator.rand #=> 109.96615852194628
  random_number_generator.rand #=> 91.78189126576613

By default NormalRandom has a mu (mean) of 100 and a sigma (standard deviation) of 15. You can specify either of these by passing the appropriate variables to the rand method.

  random_number_generator = RandomNumber.new
  
  random_number_generator.rand(mu: 0, sigma: 1) #=> 0.4813873347443289

normal_random is solely Pete Michaud's (me@petermichaud.com) fault, so blame him for everything.

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