PHP | stats_rand_gen_iuniform() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing briefly about the stats_rand_gen_iuniform() function.

The built-in PHP stats_rand_gen_iuniform() function can generate an integer uniformly distributed between low (inclusive) and high (inclusive).

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

int stats_rand_gen_iuniform( int $low, int $high )

READ: PHP | stats_rand_gen_int() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter	Description
1	low	The lower bound
2	high	The upper bound

Return Value

It return a random integer from the discrete uniform distribution between low (inclusive) and high (inclusive).

Dependencies

This built-in function was first introduced in statistics extension (PHP version 4.0.0 and PEAR v1.4.0). In this tutorial guide, we used the latest release of stats-2.0.3 (PHP v7.0.0 or newer and PEAR version 1.4.0 or newer).

Example1

The following example below generates an integer uniformly distributed between 1 and 3 (low < high) -

<?php
   var_dump(stats_rand_gen_iuniform(1, 3));
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

int(2)

Example2

The following example below generates an integer uniformly distributed between 1 and 1 (low == high) -

<?php
   var_dump(stats_rand_gen_iuniform(1, 1));
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

int(0)

Example3

Following is an error case. In the following example below, we have passed low > high. A warning is shown in logs -

<?php
   // error cases
   var_dump(stats_rand_gen_iuniform(2, 1));    // low > high
?>

Output

The above code will produce the following result and a warning in logs PHP Warning: stats_rand_gen_iuniform(): low greater than high. low: 2 high: 1

bool(false)

READ: PHP | stats_rand_gen_ipoisson() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial post, we will discuss about the PHP stats_rand_gen_noncentral_chisquare() Function.

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