Re: [OctDev] randn() broken

[Michael C. <mic...@ua...>]

On Monday 08 November 2004 14:08, Justus Piater wrote:
> > I can't regenerate this problem with octave-forge CVS or with 2004.09.09.
> > I used the commands
> >
> > octave:1> hist(randn(1,1e6),-3.75:0.5:3.75)
> > octave:2> var(randn(1,1e6))
> > ans = 1.0001
> > octave:3> mean(randn(1,1e6))
> > ans =  -4.9951e-04
>
> This does not give enough resolution to demonstrate the problem, nor
> does it visualize temporal dependencies. However, randn() from
> octave-forge-2004.09.09, does give me a wrong
>
> octave> randn("seed", 12345);
> octave> var(randn(1,1e6))
> ans = 0.71239
>
This works ok here (recent octave forge CVS)

octave:1> randn("seed",12345);
octave:2> var(randn(1,1e6))
ans = 0.99900
octave:3>

Also, I get proper plots, not like the ones you give that show temporal 
dependency.
Michael