@stdlib/random-base-improved-ziggurat/docs/types/index.d.ts

Normally distributed pseudorandom numbers using the improved Ziggurat method.

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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

/// <reference types="@stdlib/types"/>

import * as random from '@stdlib/types/random';

/**
* Interface defining `factory` options.
*/
interface Options {
	/**
	* Pseudorandom number generator which generates uniformly distributed pseudorandom numbers.
	*/
	prng?: random.PRNG;

	/**
	* Pseudorandom number generator seed.
	*/
	seed?: random.PRNGSeedMT19937;

	/**
	* Pseudorandom number generator state.
	*/
	state?: random.PRNGStateMT19937;

	/**
	* Specifies whether to copy a provided pseudorandom number generator state.
	*/
	copy?: boolean;
}

/**
* Interface for PRNG properties and methods.
*/
interface PRNG {
	/**
	* Generator name.
	*/
	readonly NAME: string;

	/**
	* Underlying pseudorandom number generator.
	*/
	readonly PRNG: random.PRNG;

	/**
	* PRNG seed.
	*/
	readonly seed: random.PRNGSeedMT19937;

	/**
	* PRNG seed length.
	*/
	readonly seedLength: number;

	/**
	* PRNG state.
	*/
	state: random.PRNGStateMT19937;

	/**
	* PRNG state length.
	*/
	readonly stateLength: number;

	/**
	* PRNG state size (in bytes).
	*/
	readonly byteLength: number;

	/**
	* Serializes the pseudorandom number generator as a JSON object.
	*
	* @returns JSON representation
	*/
	toJSON(): string;
}

/**
* Interface for generating standard normally distributed pseudorandom numbers.
*/
interface NullaryFunction extends PRNG {
	/**
	* Returns a pseudorandom number drawn from a standard normal distribution.
	*
	* @returns pseudorandom number
	*/
	(): number;
}

/**
* Interface for generating pseudorandom numbers drawn from a standard normal distribution.
*/
interface Random extends PRNG {
	/**
	* Returns a pseudorandom number drawn from a standard normal distribution.
	*
	* @returns pseudorandom number
	*
	* @example
	* var v = randn();
	* // returns <number>
	*/
	(): number;

	/**
	* Returns a pseudorandom number generator which implements the improved Ziggurat method to generate normally distributed pseudorandom numbers.
	*
	* @param options - function options
	* @param options.prng - pseudorandom number generator which generates uniformly distributed pseudorandom numbers
	* @param options.seed - pseudorandom number generator seed
	* @param options.state - pseudorandom number generator state
	* @param options.copy - boolean indicating whether to copy a provided pseudorandom number generator state (default: true)
	* @throws must provide a valid state
	* @returns pseudorandom number generator
	*
	* @example
	* var rand = randn.factory();
	*
	* var v = rand();
	* // returns <number>
	*
	* @example
	* var rand = randn.factory({
	*     'seed': 12345
	* });
	* var v = rand();
	* // returns <number>
	*/
	factory( options?: Options ): NullaryFunction;
}

/**
* Returns a pseudorandom number drawn from a standard normal distribution.
*
* @returns pseudorandom number
*
* @example
* var v = randn();
* // returns <number>
*
* @example
* var rand = randn.factory({
*     'seed': 12345
* });
* var v = rand();
* // returns <number>
*/
declare var randn: Random;


// EXPORTS //

export = randn;