Returns a random sample from the distribution.

Namespace: Extreme.Statistics.Distributions
Assembly: Extreme.Numerics (Extreme.Numerics)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overrides Function GetRandomVariate ( _
	random As Random _
) As Double
C#
public override double GetRandomVariate (
	Random random
)
C++
public:
virtual double GetRandomVariate (
	Random^ random
) override

Parameters

random (System.Random)
The Random derived random number generator used to generate the sample.

Remarks

Return Value

A double-precision floating point number.

This method uses the random number generator specified by random to generate a random sample from the distribution. The return values of successive calls to this method follow the distribution represented by this distribution.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullExceptionrandom is nullNothingnullptr.