how would I create a 6x6 matrix with evenly distributed values from -10 to 10?

I know a long way, by typing out the exact values, I was just curious as to if there was a more efficient way.

Answer 1

[Jon]

Not entirely sure how you want the values distributed (by row or column), but see if this helps:

Msize = 6;
n = Msize^2;
values = linspace(-10,10,n);
matrix = reshape(values,Msize,Msize);

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

randi([-10,10],6,6)

If you want integer values.

rand(6,6)*20-10

if you want continuous values