This abstraction generates normally distributed random numbers within a given range. It is possible to set the variance of the distribution via a value between 0 and 100.

nrandom.zip

The abstraction makes use of [array random].

This example shows the normal distribution in the first array that is used to generate accumulated random numbers in the second array:

Great ! That 's exactly what I was looking for . Thanks a lot!

@ingox i'm sorry to be that guy, but why do people have to use base 10 for numerical ranges on base 2 computers? i'd reccommend using ranges like: 0 to 2^(any non-negative integer)-1 so here, i'd reccommend using this equation on your non-negative numbers: 2^(round({your number})).

again, sorry for being that guy.

@4ZZ4 People often tend to think in percent when referring to amounts. It is a cultural thing.

@ingox ye, but why would you do that to a computer?

@4ZZ4 That was a choice for the user interface, so was doing this for the user. By the way, the value goes into [expr] that uses decimal numbers not binary, so using base 2 powers would be superficial anyway.

@ingox WHAT!?? expr is using decimal!?? you must have missed something, where did you get that info, no sane real programmer whould ever write a programming language with decimal.

@4ZZ4 no sane real programmer would ever use pd...

@solipp oof

@4ZZ4 Yes, maybe i have missed something, but when i put 8 and 4 into [expr $f1 + $f2] i get 12 as the result, which from my humble point of view is a decimal representation of 1100. But maybe you are talking about something else.

Real programmers https://xkcd.com/378/

Haha, thats a funny discussion If i am not wrong most of the PD objects (also the [expr] family) make use of the decimal numeral system. Though there are some objects for bit twiddling, and with [expr] you can do some bitwise operations too. Even with Python and C++ I use decimal numbers and feel quite comfortable with it (but I am not a sane programmer ). The programming languages are so nice and translate it for the computer. So the computer feels comfortable too

@solipp LOL nice