Random Binary Sequence Generator

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Sam
Sam on 3 Feb 2014
I need to generate a Random Binary Sequence of 1x10000 size. Purely Random 1's and 0's.
I had implemented it as follows and it does the job with no complaints.
rand_bin = round(0.75*rand(1,10000));
However, are there any Efficient Implementations for this, probably a specific function which was built for this or something?
Thanks.
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Roger Stafford
Roger Stafford on 3 Feb 2014
Edited: Roger Stafford on 3 Feb 2014
I assumed that was what was wanted. Otherwise round(rand(1,10000)) is more efficient.
Sam
Sam on 4 Feb 2014
Hi Jos & Roger. Thanks! I didn't realize that the 0.75 was redundant. My idea was to force the random generation to multiply with 0.75 and rounding it but i realize now that it is redundant and forces more 0's..
I agree with Roger's 2nd answer thanks for the clarifications...
Cheers!

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Wayne King
Wayne King on 3 Feb 2014
use randi()
x = randi([0 1],10000,1);
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Nitin SHrinivas
Nitin SHrinivas on 1 Aug 2021
If we want to generate all unique coloums or rows is there a function to do so? any suggestions

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Jos (10584)
Jos (10584) on 3 Feb 2014
Here are two suggestions:
% with 0 <= P <=1
RBS = rand(1,N) < P
% will give roughly a proportion of P ones among N values
% exactly M ones among N values
RBS = false(1,N) ;
RBS(1:M) = true ;
RBS = RBS(randperm(numel(RBS)
Note: I prefer to store the output as logical arrays (true/false = 1/0) that occupy less memory than double arrays.
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Sam
Sam on 4 Feb 2014
Hi. Thanks! it works as well but i implemented the earlier one as i needed a 1 line solution since the rest of my code is quite lengthy.
Jos (10584)
Jos (10584) on 6 Feb 2014
That's a poor reason to use a one-lined solution ;-)
Long but efficient and readable code is much preferred over short and efficient but unreadable code.
(btw rand(1,N)<P is both short and readable)

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Ayushi Dadhich
Ayushi Dadhich on 3 Nov 2020
I want a code to generate this output.
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Siddharth Bhalerao
Siddharth Bhalerao on 28 Dec 2020
This space is not for homework/assignments. Ask a specific question. Explain what you have done for the problem you are facing, then ask the question. There are so many experts here, you will definitely get the answers.
Therefore, I will suggest you to update the question and explain the problem clearly.

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abderrahim rhoulami
abderrahim rhoulami on 19 Sep 2022
A=randi([0],50,10): Whos

abderrahim rhoulami
abderrahim rhoulami on 19 Sep 2022
A=randi([0 1], 50,10) A

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