# normal

`import { normal } from "destack:tensor";`

Return values sampled from the standard normal distribution.

```ds title="normal"
export function normal<T: Float, const Rank: usize>(shape: Shape<Rank>, random: Random, options?: TensorCreateOptions<Rank> | undefined): Tensor<T, Rank>
```

[language/library/src/tensor/random.ds:30:36](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/tensor/random.ds#L30-L36)