---
name: "ploren"
section: "3m"
platform: "linux"
package: "iraf"
version: "2.11.3-2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ploren"
---

# ploren(3m)

## NAME

ploren

## DESCRIPTION

function ploren.f

source\
   Bevington, page 51.

purpose\
   evaluate Lorentzian probability function

usage\
   result = ploren (x, averag, width)

description of parameters\
   x      - value for which probability is to be evaluated\
   averag - mean of distribution\
   width  - full width at half maximum of distribution

subroutines and function subprograms required\
   none