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# scipy.stats.rv_discrete.rvs

`rv_discrete.``rvs`(*args, **kwargs)

  Random variates of given type.

  Parameters : | arg1, arg2, arg3,... : array_like The shape parameter(s) for the distribution (see docstring of the instance object for more information). loc : array_like, optional Location parameter (default=0). size : int or tuple of ints, optional Defining number of random variates (default=1). Note that size has to be given as keyword, not as positional argument.
  Returns : | rvs : ndarray or scalar Random variates of given size.

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