How to create Matrix of known dimensions with random values?

For example A matrix with 5 rows and 3 columns?

Answer 1

[Shivani Dixit]

A matrix of know dimensions and random values can be created by using the rand() function. You just need to provide the required dimension of row and column in the the rand() function. As per your example, you can create your matrix by rand(5,3)

You can leverage the Matlab documentation of the rand() function , you can also find out related functions in the link below :

Uniformly distributed random numbers - MATLAB rand (mathworks.com)

Answer 2

[Torsten]

For random numbers uniformly distributed on [0,1] :

A = rand(5,3);