Struct rand::distributions::UnitSphereSurface

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pub struct UnitSphereSurface;

👎 Deprecated since 0.7.0:

moved to rand_distr crate

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Samples uniformly from the surface of the unit sphere in three dimensions.

Implemented via a method by Marsaglia¹.

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1. Marsaglia, George (1972). Choosing a Point from the Surface of a Sphere. Ann. Math. Statist. 43, no. 2, 645--646. ↩

Implementations

impl UnitSphereSurface[−]

pub fn new() -> UnitSphereSurface[−]

Construct a new UnitSphereSurface distribution.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for UnitSphereSurface[+]

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fn clone(&self) -> UnitSphereSurface[−]

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)[−]

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Copy for UnitSphereSurface

impl Debug for UnitSphereSurface[+]

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fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result[−]

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Distribution<[f64; 3]> for UnitSphereSurface[+]

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fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> [f64; 3][−]

Generate a random value of T, using rng as the source of randomness.

fn sample_iter<R>(self, rng: R) -> DistIter<Self, R, T> where
    R: Rng,
    Self: Sized, [−]

Create an iterator that generates random values of T, using rng as the source of randomness.