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Functions for Generating Random Numbers

All functions in this section accept zero or one arguments. The only use of the argument (if provided) is to prevent common subexpression elimination such that two different executions within a row of the same random function return different random values.

rand

Returns a random UInt32 number with uniform distribution.

Uses a linear congruential generator with an initial state obtained from the system, which means that while it appears random, it's not truly random and can be predictable if the initial state is known. For scenarios where true randomness is crucial, consider using alternative methods like system-level calls or integrating with external libraries.

Syntax

rand()

Alias: rand32

Arguments

None.

Returned value

Returns a number of type UInt32.

Example

SELECT rand();

1569354847 -- Note: The actual output will be a random number, not the specific number shown in the example

rand64

Returns a random UInt64 integer (UInt64) number

Syntax

rand64()

Arguments

None.

Returned value

Returns a number UInt64 number with uniform distribution.

Example

SELECT rand64();

15030268859237645412 -- Note: The actual output will be a random number, not the specific number shown in the example.

randCanonical

Returns a random Float64 number.

Syntax

randCanonical()

Arguments

None.

Returned value

Returns a Float64 value between 0 (inclusive) and 1 (exclusive).

Example

SELECT randCanonical();

0.3452178901234567 - Note: The actual output will be a random Float64 number between 0 and 1, not the specific number shown in the example.

randConstant

Generates a single constant column filled with a random value. Unlike rand, this function ensures the same random value appears in every row of the generated column, making it useful for scenarios requiring a consistent random seed across rows in a single query.

Syntax

randConstant([x]);

Arguments

[x] (Optional): An optional expression that influences the generated random value. Even if provided, the resulting value will still be constant within the same query execution. Different queries using the same expression will likely generate different constant values.

Returned value

Returns a column of type UInt32 containing the same random value in each row.

Implementation details

The actual output will be different for each query execution, even with the same optional expression. The optional parameter may not significantly change the generated value compared to using randConstant alone.

Examples

SELECT randConstant() AS random_value;

| random_value |
|--------------|
| 1234567890   |

SELECT randConstant(10) AS random_value;

| random_value |
|--------------|
| 9876543210   |

randUniform

Returns a random Float64 drawn uniformly from interval [min, max].

Syntax

randUniform(min, max)

Arguments

min - Float64 - left boundary of the range,
max - Float64 - right boundary of the range.

Returned value

A random number of type Float64.

Example

SELECT randUniform(5.5, 10) FROM numbers(5)

┌─randUniform(5.5, 10)─┐
│    8.094978491443102 │
│   7.3181248914450885 │
│    7.177741903868262 │
│    6.483347380953762 │
│    6.122286382885112 │
└──────────────────────┘

randNormal

Returns a random Float64 drawn from a normal distribution.

Syntax

randNormal(mean, variance)

Arguments

mean - Float64 - mean value of distribution,
variance - Float64 - variance of the distribution.

Returned value

Random number.

Type: Float64.

Example

SELECT randNormal(10, 2) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌──randNormal(10, 2)─┐
│ 13.389228911709653 │
│  8.622949707401295 │
│ 10.801887062682981 │
│ 4.5220192605895315 │
│ 10.901239123982567 │
└────────────────────┘

randLogNormal

Returns a random Float64 drawn from a log-normal distribution.

Syntax

randLogNormal(mean, variance)

Arguments

mean - Float64 - mean value of distribution,
variance - Float64 - variance of the distribution.

Returned value

Random number.

Type: Float64.

Example

SELECT randLogNormal(100, 5) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌─randLogNormal(100, 5)─┐
│  1.295699673937363e48 │
│  9.719869109186684e39 │
│  6.110868203189557e42 │
│  9.912675872925529e39 │
│ 2.3564708490552458e42 │
└───────────────────────┘

randBinomial

Returns a random UInt64 drawn from a binomial distribution.

Syntax

randBinomial(experiments, probability)

Arguments

experiments - UInt64 - number of experiments,
probability - Float64 - probability of success in each experiment, a value between 0 and 1.

Returned value

Random number.

Type: UInt64.

Example

SELECT randBinomial(100, .75) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌─randBinomial(100, 0.75)─┐
│                      74 │
│                      78 │
│                      76 │
│                      77 │
│                      80 │
└─────────────────────────┘

randNegativeBinomial

Returns a random UInt64 drawn from a negative binomial distribution.

Syntax

randNegativeBinomial(experiments, probability)

Arguments

experiments - UInt64 - number of experiments,
probability - Float64 - probability of failure in each experiment, a value between 0 and 1.

Returned value

Random number.

Type: UInt64.

Example

SELECT randNegativeBinomial(100, .75) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌─randNegativeBinomial(100, 0.75)─┐
│                              33 │
│                              32 │
│                              39 │
│                              40 │
│                              50 │
└─────────────────────────────────┘

randPoisson

Returns a random UInt64 drawn from a Poisson distribution.

Syntax

randPoisson(n)

Arguments

n - UInt64 - mean number of occurrences.

Returned value

Random number.

Type: UInt64.

Example

SELECT randPoisson(10) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌─randPoisson(10)─┐
│               8 │
│               8 │
│               7 │
│              10 │
│               6 │
└─────────────────┘

randBernoulli

Returns a random UInt64 drawn from a Bernoulli distribution.

Syntax

randBernoulli(probability)

Arguments

probability - Float64 - probability of success, a value between 0 and 1.

Returned value

Random number.

Type: UInt64.

Example

SELECT randBernoulli(.75) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌─randBernoulli(0.75)─┐
│                   1 │
│                   1 │
│                   0 │
│                   1 │
│                   1 │
└─────────────────────┘

randExponential

Returns a random Float64 drawn from a exponential distribution.

Syntax

randExponential(lambda)

Arguments

lambda - Float64 - lambda value.

Returned value

Random number.

Type: Float64.

Example

SELECT randExponential(1/10) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌─randExponential(divide(1, 10))─┐
│              44.71628934340778 │
│              4.211013337903262 │
│             10.809402553207766 │
│              15.63959406553284 │
│             1.8148392319860158 │
└────────────────────────────────┘

randChiSquared

Returns a random Float64 drawn from a Chi-square distribution - a distribution of a sum of the squares of k independent standard normal random variables.

Syntax

randChiSquared(degree_of_freedom)

Arguments

degree_of_freedom - Float64 - degree of freedom.

Returned value

Random number.

Type: Float64.

Example

SELECT randChiSquared(10) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌─randChiSquared(10)─┐
│ 10.015463656521543 │
│  9.621799919882768 │
│   2.71785015634699 │
│ 11.128188665931908 │
│  4.902063104425469 │
└────────────────────┘

randStudentT

Returns a random Float64 drawn from a Student's t-distribution.

Syntax

randStudentT(degree_of_freedom)

Arguments

degree_of_freedom - Float64 - degree of freedom.

Returned value

Random number.

Type: Float64.

Example

SELECT randStudentT(10) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌─────randStudentT(10)─┐
│   1.2217309938538725 │
│   1.7941971681200541 │
│ -0.28192176076784664 │
│   0.2508897721303792 │
│  -2.7858432909761186 │
└──────────────────────┘

randFisherF

Returns a random Float64 drawn from a F-distribution.

Syntax

randFisherF(d1, d2)

Arguments

d1 - Float64 - d1 degree of freedom in X = (S1 / d1) / (S2 / d2),
d2 - Float64 - d2 degree of freedom in X = (S1 / d1) / (S2 / d2),

Returned value

Random number.

Type: Float64.

Example

SELECT randFisherF(10, 3) FROM numbers(5)

Result:

┌──randFisherF(10, 3)─┐
│   7.286287504216609 │
│ 0.26590779413050386 │
│ 0.22207610901168987 │
│  0.7953362728449572 │
│ 0.19278885985221572 │
└─────────────────────┘

randomString

Generates a string of the specified length filled with random bytes (including zero bytes). Not all characters may be printable.

Syntax

randomString(length)

Arguments

length — String length in bytes. Positive integer.

Returned value

String filled with random bytes.

Type: String.

Example

Query:

SELECT randomString(30) AS str, length(str) AS len FROM numbers(2) FORMAT Vertical;

Result:

Row 1:
──────
str: 3 G  :   pT ?w тi  k aV f6
len: 30

Row 2:
──────
str: 9 ,]    ^   )  ]??  8
len: 30

randomFixedString

Generates a binary string of the specified length filled with random bytes (including zero bytes). Not all characters may be printable.

Syntax

randomFixedString(length);

Arguments

length — String length in bytes. UInt64.

Returned value(s)

String filled with random bytes.

Type: FixedString.

Example

Query:

SELECT randomFixedString(13) as rnd, toTypeName(rnd)

Result:

┌─rnd──────┬─toTypeName(randomFixedString(13))─┐
│ j▒h㋖HɨZ'▒ │ FixedString(13)                 │
└──────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘

randomPrintableASCII

Generates a string with a random set of ASCII characters. All characters are printable. If you pass length < 0, the behavior of the function is undefined.

Syntax

randomPrintableASCII(length)

Arguments

length — String length in bytes. Positive integer.

Returned value

String with a random set of ASCII printable characters.

Type: String

Example

SELECT number, randomPrintableASCII(30) as str, length(str) FROM system.numbers LIMIT 3

┌─number─┬─str────────────────────────────┬─length(randomPrintableASCII(30))─┐
│      0 │ SuiCOSTvC0csfABSw=UcSzp2.`rv8x │                               30 │
│      1 │ 1Ag NlJ &RCN:*>HVPG;PE-nO"SUFD │                               30 │
│      2 │ /"+<"wUTh:=LjJ Vm!c&hI*m#XTfzz │                               30 │
└────────┴────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘

randomStringUTF8

Generates a random string of a specified length. Result string contains valid UTF-8 code points. The value of code points may be outside of the range of assigned Unicode.

Syntax

randomStringUTF8(length);

Arguments

length — Length of the string in code points. UInt64.

Returned value(s)

UTF-8 random string.

Type: String.

Example

Query:

SELECT randomStringUTF8(13)

Result:

┌─randomStringUTF8(13)─┐
│ 𘤗𙉝д兠庇󡅴󱱎󦐪􂕌𔊹𓰛   │
└──────────────────────┘

fuzzBits

Syntax

Flips the bits of String or FixedString s, each with probability prob.

Syntax

fuzzBits(s, prob)

Arguments

s - String or FixedString,
prob - constant Float32/64 between 0.0 and 1.0.

Returned value

Fuzzed string with same type as s.

Example

SELECT fuzzBits(materialize('abacaba'), 0.1)
FROM numbers(3)

Result:

┌─fuzzBits(materialize('abacaba'), 0.1)─┐
│ abaaaja                               │
│ a*cjab+                               │
│ aeca2A                                │
└───────────────────────────────────────┘

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Functions for Generating Random Numbers

rand

Syntax

Arguments

Returned value

Example

rand64

Syntax

Arguments

Returned value

Example

randCanonical

Syntax

Arguments

Returned value

Example

randConstant

Syntax

Arguments

Returned value

Implementation details

Examples

randUniform

Syntax

Arguments

Returned value

Example

randNormal

randLogNormal

randBinomial

randNegativeBinomial

randPoisson

randBernoulli

randExponential

randChiSquared

randStudentT

randFisherF

randomString

randomFixedString

randomPrintableASCII

randomStringUTF8

fuzzBits

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