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Function Calculations

S“rand” Function

•The “rand” function generates random numbers. If you do not specify an argument, “rand” generates 10-digit decimal values 0 or greater and less than 1.

Specifying two integer values for the argument generates random numbers between them.

Problem	Use this keyboard:				Operation
	mth	abc	cat	2D
Generate random numbers			Func		[rand] U
between 0 and 1.
Generate random integers			Func		[rand] 1 6 U
between 1 and 6.

S“randList” Function

Syntax: randList(n [, a, b])

Function:

•Omitting arguments “a” and “b” returns a list of n elements that contain decimal random values.

•Specifying arguments “a” and “b” returns a list of n elements that contain integer random values in the range of “a” through “b”.

Description:

•“n” must be a positive integer.

•The random numbers of each element are generated in accordance with “RandSeed” specifications, as with the “rand” function.

Problem	Use this keyboard:				Operation
	mth	abc	cat	2D
Generate a list of three			Func		[randList] 3 U
elements that contain
decimal random values.
Generate a list of five			Func		[randList] 516 U
elements that contain
random values in the range
of 1 through 6.

S“randNorm” Function

The “randNorm” function generates a 10-digit normal random number based on a specified mean σ and standard deviation μ values.

Syntax: randNorm(σ, μ [, n])

Function:

•Omitting a value for “n” (or specifying 1 for “n”) returns the generated random number as-is.

•Specifying a value for “n” returns the specified number of random values in list format.

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