Task

Generate a collection filled with   1000   normally distributed random (or pseudo-random) numbers
with a mean of   1.0   and a   standard deviation   of   0.5



Many libraries only generate uniformly distributed random numbers. If so, you may use one of these algorithms.



Related task

   Standard deviation


#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>
#ifndef M_PI
#define M_PI 3.14159265358979323846
#endif
 
double drand()   /* uniform distribution, (0..1] */
{
  return (rand()+1.0)/(RAND_MAX+1.0);
}
double random_normal()  /* normal distribution, centered on 0, std dev 1 */
{
  return sqrt(-2*log(drand())) * cos(2*M_PI*drand());
}
int main()
{
  int i;
  double rands[1000];
  for (i=0; i<1000; i++)
    rands[i] = 1.0 + 0.5*random_normal();
  return 0;
}