Random numbers with specific sum and varying maximum

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Mariam Sameh
Mariam Sameh on 12 Apr 2021
Answered: Jeff Miller on 13 Apr 2021
How can I generate random numbers with a specific sum and a specific minimum (zero) but varying maximum? I already tried randfixedsum function but the maximum is fixed not varying.

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Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller on 13 Apr 2021
How about first picking the maximum "thismax" randomly from whatever distribution you want, and then using randfixedsum to generate the remainder "desired_total-thismax" the remaining n-1 numbers?

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