User guide

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PLI Access Routines
vcs_dist_normal
You use this routine to return a random number with a specified mean
and standard deviation.
vcs_dist_normal
Synopsis: Returns random numbers with a specified mean and standard deviation.
Syntax: vcs_dist_normal(seed, mean, standard_deviation)
Type Description
Returns: int Random number
Type Name Description
Arguments: int * seed Pointer to a seed integer value.
int mean An integer that is the average value of the
possible returned random numbers.
int standard_
deviation
An integer that is the standard deviation from
the mean for the normal distribution.
Related
routines:
vcs_random vcs_random_const_seed vcs_random_seed vcs_dist_uniform
vcs_dist_exponential vcs_dist_poisson