PARETO sizeNumber locationNumber shapeNumber resultVariable

Replaces the contents of the result variable with sizeNumber of numbers randomly selected from the Pareto distribution with the specified locationN and shapeNumber.

PARETO 1000 100 200 result
HISTOGRAM result

The above program produced this result:


Using the HISTOGRAMPLOT command gives you a more numerical output:

PARETO 1000 100 200 result
HISTOGRAMPLOT result

The above program produced this result:

       Bin     Bin             Cum
Bin#   Start   Center  Freq    Freq    result
0      100.0   100.1   315     315     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
1      100.2   100.3   215     530     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
2      100.4   100.5   157     687     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
3      100.6   100.7   104     791     XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4      100.8   100.9   69      860     XXXXXXXXX
5      101.0   101.1   51      911     XXXXXXX
6      101.2   101.3   32      943     XXXX
7      101.4   101.5   19      962     XX
8      101.6   101.7   11      973     X
9      101.8   101.9   9       982     X
10     102.0   102.1   7       989     X
11     102.2   102.3   4       993     
12     102.4   102.5   2       995     
13     102.6   102.7   1       996     
14     102.8   102.9   1       997     
15     103.0   103.1   1       998     
16     103.2   103.3   0       998     
17     103.4   103.5   1       999     
18     103.6   103.7   0       999     
19     103.8   103.9   1       1,000