#!/bin/bash
# The initialization option -I is a capital i, not a small ell.

# Initialization of rg
nextInit=`rg -S 0 | awk -F' :' '{print $2}'`

# Random values in a single variable
out=`rg -I $nextInit -N 6 -D Exponential -m 5`
randomValues=`echo $out | awk -F' :' '{print $1}'` 
nextInit=`echo $out | awk -F' :' '{print $2}'`

# do something with the random numbers
echo Random values in a single variable
for value in $randomValues; do
  echo $value
done

# Random values in an array - note the () for randomValues
out=`rg -I $nextInit -N 5 -D Pareto -k 83456 -b 1.1`
randomValues=(`echo $out | awk -F' :' '{print $1}'`)
nextInit=`echo $out | awk -F' :' '{print $2}'`

# do something with the random numbers
numberOfValues=${#randomValues[@]}
echo ""; echo Random values in an array
for (( i=0; i<$numberOfValues; i++ )); do
  echo ${randomValues[$i]}
done