change standard deviation of normal or Gaussian distribution (faq 13.20)

From: Verbal Kint <TENSOAPFEN@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:21:55 -0000

DEAR ALL,

I just have a very short question. In the FAQ list question 13.20 the
following text is mentioned:
"These methods all generate numbers with mean 0 and standard deviation
1. (To adjust to some other distribution, multiply by the standard
deviation and add the mean.)"

Could you please let me know, which number I have to multiply with the
standard deviation?

Thanks a lot!

.

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