On Aug 6, 8:26 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:02:37 -0700, Alex wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > I wonder if it is possible in python to produce random numbers according > > to a user defined distribution? Unfortunately the random module does not > > contain the distribution I need :-( > > This is a strange question. Of course you can -- just write a function to > do so! Here's some easy ones to get you started: > ... > > There's no general way to create a random function for an arbitrary > distribution. I don't think there's a general way to *describe* an > arbitrary random distribution.
What about the quantile function? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
