How can we generate random numbers between two negative values.

Can some plz help me to generate random nos between two negative values like [-5,-1.670000000000000]

Answer 1

[KSSV]

a = -5 ;
b = -1.670000000000000 ; 
r = (b-a).*rand(1000,1) + a;

[Kanika Bhalla]

thanks KSSV for the solution

[KSSV]

Thanks is accepting the answer ..:)

[Kanika Bhalla]

is there any way to generate only one negative random no

like there is function for positive nos randi that generates one random no from a given range

[Steven Lord]

The randi function generates random integer values in a specified range. Nothing about the function limits it to only being able to produce random positive integer values.

allPositive = randi([2 10], 1, 5)

allPositive = 1×5

5 9 2 6 3

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allNegative = randi([-10 -2], 1, 5)

allNegative = 1×5

-4 -6 -2 -9 -5

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mixedSigns = randi([-6 6], 1, 5)

mixedSigns = 1×5

-2 1 6 0 -3

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If you want to generate normally distributed or uniformly distributed numbers, see the documentation pages for the randn and rand functions respectively.