randomly select elements of an array

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Hi How i can select randomly elements from a matrix o array
I have the matrix and i want to select "x" numbers of elements
thanks

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 12 Apr 2012
msize = numel(YourMatrix);
idx = randperm(msize);
YourMatrix(idx(1:x))
If you have a fairly new version of MATLAB, you can instead use
msize = numel(YourMatrix);
YourMatrix(randperm(msize, x))
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Jaime Gurrola
Jaime Gurrola on 7 Dec 2020
Hi walter, i want to select a random element from this array, help please
A={'Yellow','Green','Blue','Orange','Black','Grey','Red','Brown','Purple','White'};

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Prasobhkumar P. P.
Prasobhkumar P. P. on 28 Jul 2020
Edited: Walter Roberson on 3 Sep 2021
histHandle= histfit(data,nBins,'normal');
[Val Ind] = max(histHandle(2).YData); %histHandle(2) corresponds to the curve fitted
M = histo18(2).XData(Ind);

Adam Wyatt
Adam Wyatt on 3 Sep 2021
Edited: Adam Wyatt on 3 Sep 2021
Use "randsample"
For array:
Arry = [1 4 5 7 8 9];
Smpl = randsample(Arry, 3)
Smpl = 1×3
9 5 4
For strings:
Arry = ["Yellow" "Green" "Blue" "Orange" "Black" "Grey" "Red" "Brown" "Purple" "White"];
Smpl = randsample(Arry, 2)
Smpl = 1×2 string array
"Purple" "Brown"
How do you want to sample the matrix? If its any element, just convert to array (e.g. Mat(:)). Otherwise you have to apply the function to each row/column separately.
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Piyush Kant
Piyush Kant on 7 Feb 2022
Is there any method/parameter with which we can reproduce same random series so that the different algorithms can be evaluated? I know that way it wont be a random series anymore still the psudorandomness can be helpful for multiple runs.
Steven Lord
Steven Lord on 7 Feb 2022
See the "Control Random Number Generation" topic on this documentation page.
Some older functions that use random numbers internally (like eigs, which generates a starting point at random if one is not given to it) have the ability to specify inputs that avoid the randomness (in the case of eigs by specifying v0 in the options structure or specifying the StartVector name-value pair argument.)

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