PGARandomFlip(5)

PGARandomFlip5

Flip a biased coin and return pga_true if the coin is a "winner."

Usage

#include "pgapack.h"
int  PGARandomFlip(ctx, p)
PGAContext *ctx
double p

Overview

Otherwise, return PGA_FALSE.

Input parameters

ctx

- context variable

p

- biased probability (.5 is a fair coin)

Output parameters

none

Location

random.c

Examples

Example:
To return PGA_TRUE approximately seventy percent of the time, use
PGAContext *ctx;
int p;
:
PGARandomFlip(ctx, 0.7)

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

  1. 5.0–8

From pgapack 1.1.1-3 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.