Consider the following example: x = zeros(10) x .= rand() All components of x will have the same (random) value. Now suppose I do instead: x = zeros(10) x .= rand.() Since rand.() is dotted, I’d expect it to apply to each element of x separatedly. In this case, I should obtain ten distinct rando…

`rand()` vs. `rand.()`?

yuyichao February 13, 2017, 2:00pm 7

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