MATLAB: Generating random numbers in order

Question

How would you generate random numbers so that they are in ascending or descending order? Is there a way to create a function similar to linspace in that it generates linearly spaced values in a certain interval but with random numbers each time you execute the function?

Answer 1

If a and b are the lower and upper limits you have in mind for the numbers, do this:

 x = sort((b-a)*rand(n,1)+a,'ascend' or 'descend');