How to generate a random decimal number between -1 and 1?
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I'm trying to use rand below but it is giving me [ ].
rand([-1 1]);
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Ameer Hamza
on 29 Oct 2020
Edited: Ameer Hamza
on 29 Oct 2020
The answer here: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/630328-how-to-generate-a-random-decimal-number-between-1-0-and-1-52 will also work for this question. Just use
range = [-1 1]
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Walter Roberson
on 29 Oct 2020
rand*2-1
Note this will not generate exactly -1 or exactly 1
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