v=rand(1,4) v = 0.8147 0.9058 0.1270 0.9134 v=v/sum(v) v = 0.2951 0.3281 0.0460 0.3308 u=rand u = 0.6324 cumsum(v) ans = 0.2951 0.6232 0.6692 1.0000 u