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ggen

• name:
  ggen
• synopsis:

  ggen outputfile [-sigma= value] [-mean= value] [-baseline= value] [-height= value | -area= value] [-range= lower,upper,n_pts] [-unscaled]

• description:
  ggen generates a data set from evaluation of a gaussian at equispaced points.
• files:
  outputfile is the name of a file in which the output will be placed.
• options:

  sigma, mean, baseline

  
  These options allow specification of three of the principal parameters of the gaussian. The default sigma is 1, while the default mean and baseline are 0. The baseline is the value at infinity. By default, if the mean is given, it is taken to be in units of sigma.

  height, area

  
  These options provide two ways to specify the height of the curve, either in terms of the maximum distance above the baseline, or in terms of the area between the curve and the baseline.

  range

  
  Specifies the range over which the gaussian is evaluated, and the number of points covering that range. By default, the values are in units of sigma about the mean value.

  unscaled

  
  Requests that the meaning of the mean and range specifications be changed. The specified mean is interpreted as the actual value, rather than the value scaled to sigma. The range is also taken to refer to actual values, rather than to sigmas about the mean.

• see also:

  
  gfit, rescale.