Thread Subject: random number in [0,1]

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

Thanks

"Dave Krebs" <djk37@mathworks.com> wrote in message <fja0cp$g74
$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> How can I generate a normally-distributed random number in
> [0,1] in Matlab?
>
> Thanks
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  We need more explanation about your problem, Dave. The difficulty is that a
normally distributed random variable has values extending over the full range of
numbers, (-inf,+inf), no matter what mean value and standard deviation it has.
There is no way to squeeze it into the finite range [0,1] except by rejecting some
of its values, and then it would no longer have a valid normal distribution.

Roger Stafford

See the randn command.

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

"Dave Krebs" <djk37@mathworks.com> wrote in message
<fja0cp$g74$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> How can I generate a normally-distributed random number in
> [0,1] in Matlab?
>

You cannot, such normal distribution does not exist.

Bruno