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# DistributionFunction -- cumulative distribution function

## Description

A key in ProbabilityDistribution objects and an option for discreteProbabilityDistribution and continuousProbabilityDistribution for setting the cumulative distribution function to be used by probability.

### Menu

- probability -- cumulative distribution function

## Functions with optional argument named DistributionFunction:

- `continuousProbabilityDistribution(...,DistributionFunction=>...)` -- see continuousProbabilityDistribution -- construct a continuous probability distribution
- `discreteProbabilityDistribution(...,DistributionFunction=>...)` -- see discreteProbabilityDistribution -- construct a discrete probability distribution

## For the programmer

The object DistributionFunction is a symbol.

The source of this document is in /build/macaulay2-88fgJW/macaulay2-1.25.11+ds/M2/Macaulay2/packages/Probability.m2:567:0.