uniform
function
Applies to: Databricks Runtime 16.1 and later
Returns a random value with independent and identically distributed values within the specified range of numbers.
Syntax
uniform (boundaryExpr1, boundaryExpr2 [, seed] )
Arguments
boundaryExpr1
: ASMALLINT
,INT
,BIGINT
, or floating point constant expression, specifying an inclusive boundary of the range.boundaryExpr2
: ASMALLINT
,INT
,BIGINT
, or floating point constant expression, specifying an inclusive boundary of the range.seed
: An optionalSMALLINT
, orINT
expression serving as a seed for the random number generation.
Returns
A value of the least common type of boundaryExpr1
and boundaryExpr2
.
Examples
> SELECT uniform(10, 20), uniform(10, 20) FROM range(10);
18 16
15 10
14 14
19 15
17 11
17 15
10 10
13 13
14 16
10 17
-- Using a fixed seed the series is deterministic
> SELECT uniform(10, 20, 0), uniform(10, 20, 0) FROM range(10);
10 10
11 11
19 19
18 18
19 19
14 14
18 18
14 14
10 10
17 17