Solving Rand Function MATLAB Homework

[SteliosVas]

Homework Statement

The number of iterations it takes for the product of two random numbers to produce a number less than 1e-5.

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

while z < 1e-05
count1 = count + 1;
x = rand(1,1); %rand 1x1 matrix
z = floor(a + (b-a+1) * rand(b,1));
if z < 1e-05
break
end

endNow I keep getting an error saying:
Error using rand
Size inputs must be scalar.

Why is this?EDIT:

while 2
% randomIntegers < 1e-05
count1 = count1 +1;
randomIntegers = randi([-10,10],[20,1]);

if randomIntergars > 1e-05
break
end

end

I tried this and it's still not working

 

[mfb]

Why do you want to produce random integers? I guess the random numbers are supposed to be floats between 0 and 1.

while z < 1e-05

That looks like the opposite of what you want to do.

z = floor(a + (b-a+1) * rand(b,1));

What does that line do? What are a and b? Why floor()?

rand(1,1) returns a 1x1-matrix of random numbers, which is just a random number. Anyway, the inputs have to be scalar, apparently your b is not a scalar - what is b?

 

[SteliosVas]

Essentially what I want to do is generate two random numbers and their product being less than 1e-05.

That is all in trying to do.

 

[mfb]

"Two random numbers" is too unspecific. Dice rolls give random integers between 1 and 6 - they are random numbers, but clearly not those you want here because their product is never smaller than 1.