#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """Create samples for bivariate distribution""" from numpy.random import multivariate_normal, seed def create_data(n): means = [0.0, 0.0] cov = [[1.0, 0.7], [0.7, 4.0]] seed(0) samples = multivariate_normal(means, cov, n) with open("data.csv", "w") as f: f.write("x,y\n") for datapoint in samples: f.write("%0.4f,%0.4f\n" % tuple(datapoint)) def get_parser(): from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter) parser.add_argument("-n", dest="n", default=5000, type=int, help="Number of points to generate") return parser if __name__ == "__main__": args = get_parser().parse_args() create_data(args.n)