Thanks for this, Dr. Hawkins. I suspect my distribution is Gaussian, but I may not need to be precise. I'm evaluating all the great suggestions I've received on this.
Thanks again, Roger On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Roger Guay <i...@mac.com> wrote: > >> I suspect this is easy, but I'm not coming up with anything. Can anyone >> tell me how to get weighted random numbers in LC? Say I want to position >> something on the screen randomly but favor the center of the screen. Any >> ideas? >> > > > The standard way is to use the Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) of > the random numver that you really want. > > However, adding two random numbers from 0 to half your max would also > average the middle of the screen with a pyramid-like distrivution > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode