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                    Random

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                    Nota

                    Working with programming functions? See Random (Programming functions).

                    Returns a random number following a specified distribution.

                    Syntax

                    random(Random_variable)
                    

                    Description

                    Given a random variable X, returns a random number following the distribution of X.

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