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numpy.random.RandomState.rand

method

RandomState.rand(d0, d1, ..., dn)

Random values in a given shape.

Create an array of the given shape and populate it with random samples from a uniform distribution over [0, 1).

Parameters:

d0, d1, …, dn : int, optional

The dimensions of the returned array, should all be positive. If no argument is given a single Python float is returned.

Returns:

out : ndarray, shape (d0, d1, ..., dn)

Random values.

See also

random

Notes

This is a convenience function. If you want an interface that takes a shape-tuple as the first argument, refer to np.random.random_sample .

Examples

>>>

>>> np.random.rand(3,2)
array([[ 0.14022471,  0.96360618],  #random
       [ 0.37601032,  0.25528411],  #random
       [ 0.49313049,  0.94909878]]) #random