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BrockJarvie
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi, e are learning about proc SQL functions / creating advanced expressions within the Querybuilder, and The question I'm on is asking for me to generate a random number from a normal distribution (μ =50, σ=10)

So the expression I've created for the problem is NORMAL(50, 10)

Is that the correct way to answer the problem? 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
random('normal',50,10)

Note: your titles wants a sigma of 100, your text wants a sigma of 10, the above snippet of code is a sigma of 10

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Paige Miller
PGStats
Opal | Level 21

The function to generate random numbers is named RAND

PG

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