From 6bf4b90c90f15f4ab60833bddf5b5756d1a6b1f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elizabeth Alexander Hunt <me@liz.coffee>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:55:17 -0700
Subject: Init

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 Homework/cs3460/rands/distributions.hpp | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <random>
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef DISTRIBUTIONS_HPP
+
+class DistributionPair
+{
+  public:
+    DistributionPair(std::uint32_t minValue, std::uint32_t maxValue) :
+        minValue(minValue), maxValue(maxValue), count(0)
+    {
+    }
+
+    std::uint32_t minValue;
+    std::uint32_t maxValue;
+    std::uint32_t count;
+};
+/*
+    @param title: std::string, the title to display of the plot
+    @param distribution: const std::vector<DistributionPair>&, reference to bins
+    @param maxPlotLineSize: const std::uint8_t, max length of a line of the plot
+    @return void: plot to stdout
+*/
+void plotDistribution(std::string title,
+                      const std::vector<DistributionPair>& distribution,
+                      const std::uint8_t maxPlotLineSize);
+/*
+    @param howMany: uint32_t, the length of the random sequence
+    @param min: uint32_t, the minimum element possible
+    @param max: uint32_t, the maximum element possible
+    @param numberBins: uint8_t, the number of bins to categorize ranges of
+           elements
+    @return std::vector<DistributionPair>: a vector of bins
+*/
+std::vector<DistributionPair>
+generateUniformDistribution(std::uint32_t howMany, std::uint32_t min,
+                            std::uint32_t max, std::uint8_t numberBins);
+/*
+    @param howMany: uint32_t, the length of the random sequence
+    @param mean: float, the center of the normal distribution
+    @param stdev: float, the standard deviation of the normal distribution
+    @param numberBins: uint8_t, the number of bins to categorize ranges of
+           elements
+    @return std::vector<DistributionPair>, a vector of bins
+*/
+std::vector<DistributionPair>
+generateNormalDistribution(std::uint32_t howMany, float mean, float stdev,
+                           std::uint8_t numberBins);
+/*
+    @param howMany: uint32_t, the length of the random sequence
+    @param howOften: uint8_t, the mean of the Poisson distribution
+    @param numberBins: uint8_t, the number of bins to categorize ranges of
+           elements
+    @return std::vector<DistributionPair>, a vector of bins
+*/
+std::vector<DistributionPair>
+generatePoissonDistribution(std::uint32_t howMany, std::uint8_t howOften,
+                            std::uint8_t numberBins);
+
+#endif // DISTRIBUTIONS_HPP
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