For loop and indexing help

I am generating a uniform random number using X=rand; I have a vector of values, say Z=[.1 .2 .3 .4 .5]. I have another vector,Y, of equal length to Z that is initiated with 0 values. Using a for loop, how can I compare the random number X to the values in Z to determine which values it falls between? For example, if X=.25, it would fall between .2 and .3. Then, Y(the index of the number that is closest to the random number), would be incremented by 1.

[James Tursa]

What have you done so far? What specific problems are you having with your code?

[Emma]

I am not sure what to do, I have been considering taking the differences between the values using a nested for loop but I ultimately do not know what is the most efficient method.

Answer 1

[Sindar]

check out the discretize function