rand

  • rand returns a [0,1] uniformly distributed random number
  • rand(n,m) returns a n x m matrix of [0,1] uniformly distributed random numbers
  • rand(n) is equivalent to rand(n,n)
For tractability use rng function.

Examples

> rand#

     0.0149846
> rand(2)#

     0.309784      0.10251
     0.767809    0.0799585
> rand(2,3)#

      0.90252    0.0778686     0.150032
     0.621424     0.376708     0.224652
> scatter(rand(10), rand(10))

[ans:1x1 struct]

Resources

See also

randi | randn