Kaydet (Commit) 9f7fb849 authored tarafından Georg Brandl's avatar Georg Brandl

#4979: correct result range for some random functions.

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......@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ be found in any statistics text.
.. function:: uniform(a, b)
Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``a <= N < b`` for
``a <= b`` and ``b <= N < a`` for ``b < a``.
Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``a <= N <= b`` for
``a <= b`` and ``b <= N <= a`` for ``b < a``.
.. function:: triangular(low, high, mode)
Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``low <= N < high`` and
Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``low <= N <= high`` and
with the specified *mode* between those bounds. The *low* and *high* bounds
default to zero and one. The *mode* argument defaults to the midpoint
between the bounds, giving a symmetric distribution.
......@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ be found in any statistics text.
.. function:: betavariate(alpha, beta)
Beta distribution. Conditions on the parameters are ``alpha > 0`` and ``beta >
0``. Returned values range between 0 and 1.
Beta distribution. Conditions on the parameters are ``alpha > 0`` and
``beta > 0``. Returned values range between 0 and 1.
.. function:: expovariate(lambd)
......@@ -219,14 +219,15 @@ be found in any statistics text.
.. function:: gammavariate(alpha, beta)
Gamma distribution. (*Not* the gamma function!) Conditions on the parameters
are ``alpha > 0`` and ``beta > 0``.
Gamma distribution. (*Not* the gamma function!) Conditions on the
parameters are ``alpha > 0`` and ``beta > 0``.
.. function:: gauss(mu, sigma)
Gaussian distribution. *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard deviation.
This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function defined below.
Gaussian distribution. *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard
deviation. This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function
defined below.
.. function:: lognormvariate(mu, sigma)
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