Creat a uniform (0.2, 1)

[desireatem]

This code below creat a uniform (0,1), how can I modify to creat uniform (0.2, 1)

data t;

do i = 1 to 50;

a=uniform(0);

output;

end;

run;

[art297]

Couldn't you achieve that with: a=.8*uniform(0)+.2;

[desireatem]

This wont work, it will give values that are more than 1

[art297 · Accepted solution]

Did you try it?  I think the range will be between .2 and 1

[desireatem]

Yes it works, Thanks

[Rick_SAS]

For the general case, see How to generate random numbers in SAS - The DO Loop