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Task/Random-numbers/PL-SQL/random-numbers.sql

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+DECLARE
+  --The desired collection
+  type t_coll is table of number index by binary_integer;
+  l_coll t_coll;
+
+  c_max pls_integer := 1000;
+BEGIN
+   FOR l_counter IN 1 .. c_max
+   LOOP
+      -- dbms_random.normal delivers normal distributed random numbers with a mean of 0 and a variance of 1
+      -- We just adjust the values and get the desired result:
+      l_coll(l_counter) := DBMS_RANDOM.normal * 0.5 + 1;
+      DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (l_coll(l_counter));
+   END LOOP;
+END;