RandomSamplingExtensions.NextDouble Method

Generates a random sample from the specified continuous distribution.

Definition

Namespace: Numerics.NET.Statistics.Distributions
Assembly: Numerics.NET (in Numerics.NET.dll) Version: 10.3.0

public static double NextDouble(
	this Random random,
	ContinuousDistribution distribution
)

Visual Basic

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function NextDouble ( 
	random As Random,
	distribution As ContinuousDistribution
) As Double

C++/CLI

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static double NextDouble(
	Random^ random, 
	ContinuousDistribution^ distribution
)

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member NextDouble : 
        random : Random * 
        distribution : ContinuousDistribution -> float

random Random
distribution ContinuousDistribution: The probability distribution to sample from.

Double
A random sample from the distribution.

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Random. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).