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Get Click Coordinates based on a normal distribution
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<?php | |
// Return Random Float between min and max | |
function randomFloat($min = 0, $max = 1) { | |
return $min + mt_rand() / mt_getrandmax() * ($max - $min); | |
} | |
// returns normally distributed coordinates in a given range (0 to nMax) | |
function getClickCoordinates(&$x, &$y, $xMax = 100, $yMax = 100){ | |
// Polar-Method to get Normal Distributed coordinates | |
do { | |
$u = randomFloat(-1,1); | |
$v = randomFloat(-1,1); | |
$q =$u * $u + $v * $v; | |
} while ($q == 0 || $q >= 1); | |
$p = sqrt( (-10 * log($q)) / $q); | |
//Used to normalize numbers between -1 and 1 | |
$boundary = 10; | |
// |----------------- between -1 and 1 ---------------| | |
$x = min(max($u * $p, -$boundary), $boundary) / $boundary * $xMax/2 + $xMax/2; | |
$y = min(max($v * $p, -$boundary), $boundary) / $boundary * $yMax/2 + $yMax/2; | |
} | |
// Output some demo variables for visualization | |
for ($i=0; $i < 10000 ; $i++) { | |
getClickCoordinates($x, $y, 180, 180); | |
echo "$x;$y\n"; | |
} | |
?> |
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