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Adds a column of deterministic pseudorandom numbers to a collection. The outputs are double-precision floating point numbers. When using the 'uniform' distribution (default), outputs are in the range of [0, 1). Using the 'normal' distribution, outputs have μ=0, σ=1, but have no explicit limits.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
ImageCollection.randomColumn(columnName,seed,distribution,rowKeys) | FeatureCollection |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
this:collection | FeatureCollection | The input collection to which to add a random column. |
columnName | String, default: "random" | The name of the column to add. |
seed | Long, default: 0 | A seed used when generating the random numbers. |
distribution | String, default: "uniform" | The distribution type of random numbers to produce; one of 'uniform' or 'normal'. |
rowKeys | List, optional | A list of properties that should uniquely and repeatably identify an element of the collection, used to generate the random number. Defaults to [system:index]. |
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Last updated 2025-04-01 UTC.