RosettaCodeData/Task/Random-numbers/PL-I/random-numbers.pli

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/* CONVERTED FROM WIKI FORTRAN */
Normal_Random: procedure options (main);
declare (array(1000), pi, temp,
mean initial (1.0), sd initial (0.5)) float (18);
declare (i, n) fixed binary;
n = hbound(array, 1);
pi = 4.0*ATAN(1.0);
array = random(); /* Uniform distribution */
/* Now convert to normal distribution */
DO i = 1 to n-1 by 2;
temp = sd * SQRT(-2.0*LOG(array(i))) * COS(2*pi*array(i+1)) + mean;
array(i+1) = sd * SQRT(-2.0*LOG(array(i))) * SIN(2*pi*array(i+1)) + mean;
array(i) = temp;
END;
/* Check mean and standard deviation */
mean = SUM(array)/n;
sd = SQRT(SUM((array - mean)**2)/n);
put skip edit ( "Mean = ", mean ) (a, F(18,16) );
put skip edit ( "Standard Deviation = ", sd) (a, F(18,16));
END Normal_Random;