visigoth.flexible_values

visigoth.flexible_values(val, size=None, random_state=None, min=- inf, max=inf)

Flexibly determine a number of values.

Input format can be:

• A numeric value, which will be used exactly.

• A list of possible values, which will be randomly chosen from.

• A tuple of (dist, arg0[, arg1, …]), which will be used to generate random observations from a scipy random variable.

Parameters

valfloat, list, or tuple

Flexibile specification of value, set of values, or distribution parameters. See above for more information.

sizeint or tuple, optional

Output shape. A size of None implies a scalar result.

random_statenumpy.random.RandomState object, optional

Object to allow reproducible random values.

min, maxfloat

Exclusive limits on the return values that are enforced using rejection sampling.

Returns

outscalar or array

Output values with shape size, or a scalar if size is 1.