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title: "ClikaRT::ops::randn_like"
sidebar_label: "randn_like"
description: "N(0, 1) draws shaped and typed like reference. reference the tensor whose shape/dtype the output copies. device stream or device; default = the default device."
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## randn\_like() {#randn_like}

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[`Tensor`](../Tensor.md) **`randn_like`**([`Tensor`](../Tensor.md) `reference`, [`StreamOrDevice`](../StreamOrDevice.md) `device` `=` `{}`)

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`N(0, 1)` draws shaped and typed like `reference`.

**Parameters**

- `reference`: the tensor whose shape/dtype the output copies.
- `device`: stream or device; default = the default device.

**Returns:** normal draws, `reference`'s shape and dtype.

**Throws**

- `ClikaRT::Error`: (`INVALID_ARGUMENT`) on a non-float reference dtype.

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Declared in `ClikaRT/compute/ops.h`, line 4241

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