# HG changeset patch
# User Thomas Weber <address@hidden>
# Date 1211143228 -7200
# Node ID 8c8c7cd544c8389334c8073aa4a59fd287970706
# Parent  ce52af0e4a10028397e8c8931ae95fa6a2ef76cd
Extend explanation of randn's return value

diff -r ce52af0e4a10 -r 8c8c7cd544c8 src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog	Tue May 13 17:45:35 2008 +0200
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Sun May 18 22:40:28 2008 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-05-18  Thomas Weber  <address@hidden>
+
+	* Extend explanation of randn's return value.
+
 2008-05-07  John W. Eaton  <address@hidden>
 
 	* pt-arg-list.cc, pt-arg-list.h (tree_argument_list::dup):
diff -r ce52af0e4a10 -r 8c8c7cd544c8 src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc
--- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc	Tue May 13 17:45:35 2008 +0200
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc	Sun May 18 22:40:28 2008 +0200
@@ -471,8 +471,9 @@
 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {} randn (@var{n}, @var{m})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {} randn (\"state\", @var{x})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {} randn (\"seed\", @var{x})\n\
-Return a matrix with normally distributed random elements. The\n\
-arguments are handled the same as the arguments for @code{rand}.\n\
+Return a matrix with normally distributed random elements with\n\
+null mean and unitary variance. The arguments are handled the \n\
+same as the arguments for @code{rand}.\n\
 \n\
 By default, @code{randn} uses a Marsaglia and Tsang Ziggurat technique to\n\
 transform from a uniform to a normal distribution. (G. Marsaglia and\n\