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sampling random floats on a range in numpy

How can I sample random floats on an interval [a, b] in numpy? Not just integers, but any real numbers. For example,

random_float(5, 10)

would return random numbers between [5, 10]. thanks.

Solution

  • The uniform distribution would probably do what you are asking.

    np.random.uniform(5,10) # A single value
np.random.uniform(5,10,[2,3]) # A 2x3 array