Normal.h

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// This may look like C code, but it is really -*- C++ -*-
/* 
Copyright (C) 1988 Free Software Foundation
    written by Dirk Grunwald (grunwald@cs.uiuc.edu)
 
This file is part of the GNU C++ Library.  This library is free
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#pragma once
#include "Random.h"
 
class Normal: public Random {
    char haveCachedNormal;
    double cachedNormal;
 
protected:
    double pMean;
    double pVariance;
    double pStdDev;
    
public:
    Normal(double xmean, double xvariance, RNG *gen);
    double mean();
    double mean(double x);
    double variance();
    double variance(double x);
    virtual double operator()();
};
 
 
inline Normal::Normal(double xmean, double xvariance, RNG *gen)
: Random(gen) {
  pMean = xmean;
  pVariance = xvariance;
  pStdDev = sqrt(pVariance);
  haveCachedNormal = 0;
}
 
inline double Normal::mean() { return pMean; };
inline double Normal::mean(double x) {
  double t=pMean; pMean = x;
  return t;
}
 
inline double Normal::variance() { return pVariance; }
inline double Normal::variance(double x) {
  double t=pVariance; pVariance = x;
  pStdDev = sqrt(pVariance);
  return t;
};