Re: Random uniform numbers (help)

On Jul 31, 9:28 pm, Francogrex <fra...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, I am trying to generate random deviates between 8 (that is 11-3)
and 14 (that is 11+3) using what i wrote below:

;;Prepare the list
(setf ls nil)
;;Generate the random deviates using random.
(dotimes (i 500)
(let ((rn (+ (random 11.0) 3.0)))
(if (> rn (- 11.0 3.0)) (setf ls (cons rn ls)))))
;;test whether you are within the limits
(apply #'min ls)
(apply #'max ls)

But this seems to me quite inefficient and bulky, I have a feeling
there is a more straightforward way but can't find it. Anyone can help
please? Thanks.

(loop for i from 1 to 500 collect (+ (random 3d0) 11))?
.

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