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Data Generation Functions

# ZIPF¶

Returns a Zipf-distributed integer, for N elements and characteristic exponent s.

## Syntax¶

ZIPF( <s> , <N> , <gen> )


## Usage Notes¶

• The computational cost of choosing a single random number is logarithmic in the argument N. More importantly, the memory cost is linear for N. Because of this, the argument N is limited to the inclusive range [1, 16777215].

• gen specifies the generator expression for the function. For more information, see Usage Notes.

## Examples¶

SELECT zipf(1, 10, random()) FROM table(generator(rowCount => 10));

+-----------------------+
| ZIPF(1, 10, RANDOM()) |
|-----------------------|
|                     9 |
|                     7 |
|                     1 |
|                     8 |
|                     8 |
|                     2 |
|                     3 |
|                     8 |
|                     2 |
|                     5 |
+-----------------------+

SELECT zipf(1, 10, 1234) FROM table(generator(rowCount => 10));

+-------------------+
| ZIPF(1, 10, 1234) |
|-------------------|
|                 4 |
|                 4 |
|                 4 |
|                 4 |
|                 4 |
|                 4 |
|                 4 |
|                 4 |
|                 4 |
|                 4 |
+-------------------+