generating normally distributed data

Hi,

Is there any function that can generate normally distributed data (with mean and variance as input)?

Tks,
Maca.

This Google search gives lots of answers
http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en...ff&qt_s=Search
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> Hi,
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> Is there any function that can generate normally distributed data (with
> mean and variance as input)?
>
> Tks,
> Maca.
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>
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> Hi,
>
> Is there any function that can generate normally distributed data (with
> mean and variance as input)?
>
> Tks,
> Maca.
>
>
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Tks a lot!
I found the info at
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ccfea/Courses...domNumbers.doc
Rgds,
Maca.