// normrnd.h
// Functions to generate gaussian distributed numbers
// 
// (c) 2016 - Nico Palermo, IV3NWV - Microtelecom Srl, Italy
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// This file is part of the qracodes project, a Forward Error Control
// encoding/decoding package based on Q-ary RA (Repeat and Accumulate) LDPC codes.
//
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#ifndef _normrnd_h_
#define _normrnd_h_

#define _CRT_RAND_S
#include <stdlib.h>

#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES 
#include <math.h>
#define M_2PI (2.0f*(float)M_PI)

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

void normrnd_s(float *dst, int nitems, float mean, float stdev);
// generate a random array of numbers with a gaussian distribution of given mean and stdev
// use MS rand_s(...) function

/* not used
void normrnd(float *dst, int nitems, float mean, float stdev);
// generate a random array of numbers with a gaussian distribution of given mean and stdev
// use MS rand() function
*/

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif // _normrnd_h_