g05sk generates a vector of pseudorandom numbers taken from a Normal (Gaussian) distribution with mean $\mu$ and variance ${\sigma }^{2}$.

# Syntax

C#
```public static void g05sk(
int n,
double xmu,
double var,
G05..::..G05State g05state,
double[] x,
out int ifail
)```
Visual Basic
```Public Shared Sub g05sk ( _
n As Integer, _
xmu As Double, _
var As Double, _
g05state As G05..::..G05State, _
x As Double(), _
<OutAttribute> ByRef ifail As Integer _
)```
Visual C++
```public:
static void g05sk(
int n,
double xmu,
double var,
G05..::..G05State^ g05state,
array<double>^ x,
[OutAttribute] int% ifail
)```
F#
```static member g05sk :
n : int *
xmu : float *
var : float *
g05state : G05..::..G05State *
x : float[] *
ifail : int byref -> unit
```

#### Parameters

n
Type: System..::..Int32
On entry: $n$, the number of pseudorandom numbers to be generated.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{n}}\ge 0$.
xmu
Type: System..::..Double
On entry: $\mu$, the mean of the distribution.
var
Type: System..::..Double
On entry: ${\sigma }^{2}$, the variance of the distribution.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{var}}\ge 0.0$.
g05state
Type: NagLibrary..::..G05..::..G05State
An Object of type G05.G05State.
x
Type: array<System..::..Double>[]()[][]
An array of size [n]
On exit: the $n$ pseudorandom numbers from the specified Normal distribution.
ifail
Type: System..::..Int32%
On exit: ${\mathbf{ifail}}={0}$ unless the method detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see [Error Indicators and Warnings]).

# Description

The distribution has PDF (probability distribution function)
 $fx=1σ⁢2πexp-x-μ22σ2.$
g05sk uses the algorithm of Wichura (1988).
One of the initialization methods (G05KFF not in this release) (for a repeatable sequence if computed sequentially) or (G05KGF not in this release) (for a non-repeatable sequence) must be called prior to the first call to g05sk.

# References

Kendall M G and Stuart A (1969) The Advanced Theory of Statistics (Volume 1) (3rd Edition) Griffin
Knuth D E (1981) The Art of Computer Programming (Volume 2) (2nd Edition) Addison–Wesley
Wichura (1988) Algorithm AS 241: the percentage points of the Normal distribution Appl. Statist. 37 477–484

# Error Indicators and Warnings

Errors or warnings detected by the method:
${\mathbf{ifail}}=1$
On entry, ${\mathbf{n}}<0$.
${\mathbf{ifail}}=3$
On entry, ${\mathbf{var}}<0.0$.
${\mathbf{ifail}}=4$
 On entry, state vector was not initialized or has been corrupted.
${\mathbf{ifail}}=-9000$
An error occured, see message report.
${\mathbf{ifail}}=-8000$
Negative dimension for array $〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$
${\mathbf{ifail}}=-6000$
Invalid Parameters $〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$

Not applicable.

None.