MATLAB: Rand(‘state’,11)

Question

Can anyone please explain this statement:

rand('state',11) ?!

Answer 1

rand is an obsolete random number generator that generates uniformly distributed outputs in the open interval (0,1).

rand(m,n) produces a matrix of size [m n] and rand(n) = rand(n,n)

Each time rand is called, the state of the generator is changed and a new sequence of random numbers is generated.

There are 2^1492 states, 2^32 of them are so-called integer states.

rand('state',N) for integer N in the closed interval [0 2^32-1] initializes the generator to the Nth integer state.

SEE THE DOCUMENTATION:

help rand

doc rand

Hope this helps.

Greg