numpy.random.randn() in Python - GeeksforGeeks

28 Mar, 2022
The numpy.random.randn() function creates an array of specified shape and fills it with random values as per standard normal distribution. If positive arguments are provided, randn generates an array of shape (d0, d1, ..., dn), filled with random floats sampled from a univariate “normal” (Gaussian) distribution of mean 0 and variance 1 (if any of the d_i are floats, they are first converted to integers by truncation). A single float randomly sampled from the distribution is returned if no argument is provided.Syntax :  
numpy.random.randn(d0, d1, ..., dn)
Parameters :  
d0, d1, ..., dn : [int, optional]Dimension of the returned array we require, 
     If no argument is given a single Python float is returned.
Return :  
Array of defined shape, filled with random floating-point samples from 
the standard normal distribution.
Code 1 : randomly constructing 1D array  
Python3
# Python Program illustrating# numpy.random.randn() method  import numpy as geek  # 1D Arrayarray = geek.random.randn(5)print("1D Array filled with random values : \n", array);
Output :  
1D Array filled with random values : 
 [-0.51733692  0.48813676 -0.88147002  1.12901958  0.68026197]
Code 2 : randomly constructing 2D array  
Python3
# Python Program illustrating# numpy.random.randn() method  import numpy as geek  # 2D Array  array = geek.random.randn(3, 4)print("2D Array filled with random values : \n", array);
Output :  
2D Array filled with random values : 
 [[ 1.33262386 -0.88922967 -0.07056098  0.27340112]
 [ 1.00664965 -0.68443807  0.43801295 -0.35874714]
 [-0.19289416 -0.42746963 -1.80435223  0.02751727]]
Code 3 : randomly constructing 3D array  
Python3
# Python Program illustrating# numpy.random.randn() method  import numpy as geek  # 3D Array    array = geek.random.randn(2, 2 ,2)print("3D Array filled with random values : \n", array);
Output :  
3D Array filled with random values : 
 [[[-0.00416587 -0.66211158]
  [-0.97254293 -0.68981333]]

 [[-0.18304476 -0.8371425 ]
  [ 2.18985366 -0.9740637 ]]]
Code 4 : Manipulations with randomly created array  
Python3
# Python Program illustrating# numpy.random.randn() method  import numpy as geek  # 3D Array    array = geek.random.randn(2, 2 ,2)print("3D Array filled with random values : \n", array);      # Multiplying values with 3print("\nArray * 3 : \n", array *3) # Or we cab directly do so byarray = geek.random.randn(2, 2 ,2) * 3 + 2print("\nArray * 3 + 2 : \n", array);
Output :  
3D Array filled with random values : 
 [[[ 1.9609643  -1.89882763]
  [ 0.52252173  0.08159455]]

 [[-0.6060213  -0.86759247]
  [ 0.53870235 -0.77388125]]]

Array * 3 : 
 [[[ 5.88289289 -5.69648288]
  [ 1.56756519  0.24478366]]

 [[-1.81806391 -2.6027774 ]
  [ 1.61610704 -2.32164376]]]

Array * 3 + 2 : 
 [[[-2.73766306  6.80761741]
  [-1.57909191 -1.64195796]]

 [[ 0.51019498  1.30017345]
  [ 3.8107863  -4.07438963]]]
References : https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-dev/reference/generated/numpy.random.randn.htmlNote : These codes won’t run on online IDE’s. Please run them on your systems to explore the working. . This article is contributed by Mohit Gupta_OMG . If you like GeeksforGeeks and would like to contribute, you can also write an article using write.geeksforgeeks.org or mail your article to review-team@geeksforgeeks.org. See your article appearing on the GeeksforGeeks main page and help other Geeks.Please write comments if you find anything incorrect, or you want to share more information about the topic discussed above. 
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