MATLAB: How to generate a random number from a user defined discrete uniform distribution in Matlab

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Hi there,

Imagine that I have written the following code in MATLAB.

numItems = 100 ;
Levels = [0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0]
prob = [.25, .25, .25, .25] 
% prob can be any set of probability values.

I want to generate a discrete uniform distribution with values Levels for a vector of numItems elements considering the values of prob.

If I simply explain, I need to get something similar to np.random.choice in Numpy.

I tried with unirnd but it is only possible with positive integeres by not floating point numbers.

Can anyone please help me with this ?

Thanks.

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https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/randsample.html#d120e594807

randsample() and provide a weights vector.

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