package util import ( "math/rand" "time" ) var ( // Generate contains some sequence generation utilities. // These utilities can be useful for generating test data. Generate = &generate{ rnd: rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().Unix())), } ) type generate struct { rnd *rand.Rand } // Values produces an array of floats from [start,end] by optional steps. func (g generate) Values(start, end float64, steps ...float64) Sequence { var values []float64 step := 1.0 if len(steps) > 0 { step = steps[0] } if start < end { for x := start; x <= end; x += step { values = append(values, x) } } else { for x := start; x >= end; x = x - step { values = append(values, x) } } return Sequence{Array(values)} } // Random generates a fixed length sequence of random values between (0, scale). func (g generate) RandomValues(samples int, scale float64) Sequence { values := make([]float64, samples) for x := 0; x < samples; x++ { values[x] = g.rnd.Float64() * scale } return Sequence{Array(values)} } // Random generates a fixed length sequence of random values with a given average, above and below that average by (-scale, scale) func (g generate) RandomValuesWithAverage(samples int, average, scale float64) Sequence { values := make([]float64, samples) for x := 0; x < samples; x++ { jitter := scale - (g.rnd.Float64() * (2 * scale)) values[x] = average + jitter } return Sequence{Array(values)} }