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numpy.matlib.rand

numpy.matlib.rand(*args)

Return a matrix of random values with given shape.

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

Parameters

*argsArguments

Shape of the output. If given as N integers, each integer specifies the size of one dimension. If given as a tuple, this tuple gives the complete shape.

Returns

outndarray

The matrix of random values with shape given by *args.

See also

randn, numpy.random.RandomState.rand

Examples

>>>

>>> np.random.seed(123)
>>> import numpy.matlib
>>> np.matlib.rand(2, 3)
matrix([[0.69646919, 0.28613933, 0.22685145],
        [0.55131477, 0.71946897, 0.42310646]])
>>> np.matlib.rand((2, 3))
matrix([[0.9807642 , 0.68482974, 0.4809319 ],
        [0.39211752, 0.34317802, 0.72904971]])

If the first argument is a tuple, other arguments are ignored:

>>>

>>> np.matlib.rand((2, 3), 4)
matrix([[0.43857224, 0.0596779 , 0.39804426],
        [0.73799541, 0.18249173, 0.17545176]])