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std::binomial_distribution(3) C++ Standard Libarystd::binomial_distribution(3)

NAME
       std::binomial_distribution - std::binomial_distribution

Synopsis
	  Defined in header <random>
	  template< class IntType = int	>  (since C++11)
	  class	binomial_distribution;

	  Produces random non-negative integer values i, distributed according
       to discrete
	  probability function:

	  \(P(i|t,p) = \binom{t}{i} \cdot p^i \cdot (1-p)^{t-i}\)P(i|t,p) =

	  t
	  i

	     pi
	   (1  p)ti

	  The  value  obtained	is  the	number of successes in a sequence of t
       yes/no experiments,
	  each of which	succeeds with probability p.

	  std::binomial_distribution satisfies RandomNumberDistribution.

Template parameters
		    The	result type generated by the generator.	The effect  is
       undefined if
	  IntType  -  this is not one of short,	int, long, long	long, unsigned
       short, unsigned
		    int, unsigned long,	or unsigned long long.

Member types
	  Member type	      Definition
	  result_type (C++11) IntType
	  param_type (C++11)  the type of the parameter	 set,  see  RandomNum-
       berDistribution.

Member functions
	  constructor	constructs new distribution
	  (C++11)	(public	member function)
	  reset		resets the internal state of the distribution
	  (C++11)	(public	member function)

Generation
	  operator()	generates the next random number in the	distribution
	  (C++11)	(public	member function)

Characteristics
	  p		returns	the distribution parameters
	  t		(public	member function)
	  (C++11)
	  param		gets or	sets the distribution parameter	object
	  (C++11)	(public	member function)
	  min		returns	the minimum potentially	generated value
	  (C++11)	(public	member function)
	  max		returns	the maximum potentially	generated value
	  (C++11)	(public	member function)

Non-member functions
	  operator==
	  operator!=		    compares two distribution objects
	  (C++11)		    (function)
	  (C++11)(removed in C++20)
	  operator<<		      performs	stream	input  and  output  on
       pseudo-random number
	  operator>>		    distribution
	  (C++11)		    (function template)

Example
	  Plot of binomial distribution	with probability of  success  of  each
       trial exactly 0.5,
	  illustrating	the  relationship with the pascal triangle (the	proba-
       bilities	that none,
	  1, 2,	3, or all four of the 4	trials will be successful in this case
       are 1:4:6:4:1).

       // Run this code

	#include <iomanip>
	#include <iostream>
	#include <map>
	#include <random>
	#include <string>

	int main()
	{
	    std::random_device rd;
	    std::mt19937 gen(rd());
	    // perform 4 trials, each succeeds 1 in 2 times
	    std::binomial_distribution<> d(4, 0.5);

	    std::map<int, int> hist;
	    for	(int n = 0; n != 10000;	++n)
		++hist[d(gen)];

	    for	(auto const& [x, y] : hist)
		std::cout << x << ' ' << std::string(y / 100, '*') << '\n';
	}

Possible output:
	0 ******
	1 ************************
	2 *************************************
	3 *************************
	4 ******

External links
	  Weisstein, Eric W. "Binomial Distribution." From MathWorld   A  Wol-
       fram Web	Resource.

http://cppreference.com		  2024.06.10	 std::binomial_distribution(3)

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