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Asked: 2026-05-28T00:48:45+00:00

In a Python program, I need to generate normally-distributed random numbers with a specific,

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In a Python program, I need to generate normally-distributed random numbers with a specific, user-controlled variance. How can I do this?

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    import math
from random import gauss

my_mean = 0
my_variance = 10

random_numbers = [gauss(my_mean, math.sqrt(my_variance)) for i in range(100)]

    This gets you 100 normally-distributed random numbers with mean 0 and variance 10.

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