Probability in random numbers!

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Mina Mansour
Mina Mansour on 5 Aug 2019
Edited: Adam Danz on 7 Aug 2019
How to create a random 2D array that each cell has different probabilities to be either 0 or 1 for example? In other words, how to t create a 2D array with each cell having a probability of 0.1 to be 1's and 0.9 probability to be 0's.

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 5 Aug 2019
rand(m, n) <= 0.1
would be true (1) with probability 0.1

Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 5 Aug 2019
Edited: Adam Danz on 7 Aug 2019
randsrc(5,4,[[0,1];[.9,.1]])
% 5 x 4 array
% .9 prob. of 0
% .1 prob of 1
*Requires communications toolbox
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Mina Mansour
Mina Mansour on 6 Aug 2019
It keeps on telling me I need a communications toolbox.
Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 6 Aug 2019
Use Walter Roberson's answer if you don't have communications toolbox.

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