Hi, I'm new in using Matlab.

X and Y is the centre point of my circle.
I want to store the value of x and y which will be random numbers. So i use the rand function.

I want to do this for N number of times, so how can i store ALL the values for x and y in an array, not just the LAST value of x and y?

This is important because i want to check if the distance between my latest centre of circle with the all of the previous ones in order to avoid overlapping of the circles.

Any suggestions?

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> Hi, I'm new in using Matlab.
>
> X and Y is the centre point of my circle.
> I want to store the value of x and y which will be random numbers. So i 
> use the rand function.
>
> I want to do this for N number of times, so how can i store ALL the values 
> for x and y in an array, not just the LAST value of x and y?
>
> This is important because i want to check if the distance between my 
> latest centre of circle with the all of the previous ones in order to 
> avoid overlapping of the circles.
>
> Any suggestions?

Don't generate the points one-at-a-time.  Generate all N centers at once.

N = 10;
xy = rand(N, 2);

If, for whatever reason, you MUST generate the centers one-at-a-time, don't 
forget to preallocate.

N = 10;
xy = zeros(N, 2);
for whichcenter = 1:N
    xy(whichcenter, :) = rand(1, 2);
    % Do other work with xy(whichcenter, :)
end


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