Random Number Generation Functions

The following table lists the supported distributions and their respective random number generation functions. For more information on other functions for each distribution, see Supported Distributions. For more information on random number generators, see Random Number Generators.

Distribution	Random Number Generation Function
Beta	betarnd, random, randtool
Binomial	binornd, random, randtool
Chi-square	chi2rnd, random, randtool
Clayton copula	copularnd
Exponential	exprnd, random, randtool
Extreme value	evrnd, random, randtool
F	frnd, random, randtool
Frank copula	copularnd
Gamma	gamrnd, randg, random, randtool
Gaussian copula	copularnd
Gaussian mixture	random
Generalized extreme value	gevrnd, random, randtool
Generalized Pareto	gprnd, random, randtool
Geometric	geornd, random, randtool
Gumbel copula	copularnd
Hypergeometric	hygernd, random
Inverse Wishart	iwishrnd
Johnson system	johnsrnd
Lognormal	lognrnd, random, randtool
Multinomial	mnrnd
Multivariate normal	mvnrnd
Multivariate t	mvtrnd
Negative binomial	nbinrnd, random, randtool
Noncentral chi-square	ncx2rnd, random, randtool
Noncentral F	ncfrnd, random, randtool
Noncentral t	nctrnd, random, randtool
Normal (Gaussian)	normrnd, randn, random, randtool
Pearson system	pearsrnd
Piecewise	random
Poisson	poissrnd, random, randtool
Rayleigh	raylrnd, random, randtool
Student's t	trnd, random, randtool
t copula	copularnd
Uniform (continuous)	unifrnd, rand, random
Uniform (discrete)	unidrnd, random, randtool
Weibull	wblrnd, random
Wishart	wishrnd

Generating Random Data

Common Generation Methods

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