rand

Generation of linear distributed pseudo random numbers in the interval -1 ≤ r < 1.

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Usage 1

rand

Result 1

Returns a pseudo random number.

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Usage 2

rand(seed {, nr {, nc}})

seed

if this value is not equal 0, it is used to initialize the random number generator

nr

number of rows of the result (default=1)

nc

number of columns of the result (default=1)

Result 2

A numeric object r with nr rows and nc columns. Each element of r is set to a linear distributed pseudo random numbers in the interval -1 ≤ r < 1.

See also

grand, sample, shuffle, fill, init

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