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From: James Tursa <aclassyguywithaknotac@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.matlab
Subject: Re: random number in [0,1]
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:25:14 +0000 (UTC), "Dave Krebs"
<djk37@mathworks.com> wrote:

>How can I generate a normally-distributed random number in 
>[0,1] in Matlab?
>
>Thanks

Do you mean Normal(0,1), a notation sometimes used for a standard
normal distribution with 0 mean and standard devaition = 1? If so, do
like a previous poster suggested and look up randn.

James Tursa