Matlab equivalent of rand() in C++

Hello,

I am trying to adapt a C++ code to my Matlab project.

In C++ there is this line

random4 = rand() % item     // Here the % is modulo in C++

So random is the range of values 'rand' modulo by variable 'item'.

How do I implement this in Matlab. Since I am looking for targeted platform and efficiency, I cannot call the Cpp file in matlab. I am looking for a matlab adaptation.

Any help or suggestions offered are much appreciated. Thank you in advance...

[Rishi Balasubramanian]

Could someone confim whether this is the answer I am looking for?

randi(item)

[Walter Roberson]

no. randi(6) would be 1 to 6, but random integer mod 6 would be 0 to 5. You can randi([0 5])

[Rishi Balasubramanian]

Ah, wow, that would have been a crucial error. Thanks for pointing it out man.

Answer 1

[Bruno Luong]

random4 = randi(item)-1