Generate random matrix where the entries in each column are drawn from a different range

Question

I know that you can generate an $m\times n$ matrix of random numbers by RandomReal[range, {m, n}], where e.g. range = {0, 1}.

Is there a way to generate an $m\times n$ matrix of random numbers and have each column entry be drawn from a different range?

My question is, if there is something analogous to RandomReal[{range1,range2,...,rangen},{m,n}] (which obviously does not evaluate because it is not supported).

My current solution to this problem is using Map; i.e.

 Transpose[
   Map[
     RandomReal[#,m]&,
     {range1,range2,...,rangen}
   ]
  ]

where m is the desired number of $n$-tuples of random numbers from $n$ different ranges that I need.

Is there a better alternative to this?

Answer 1

The simplest way is to use UniformDistribution[] in RandomVariate[]:

BlockRandom[SeedRandom[42]; (* for reproducibility *)
            RandomVariate[UniformDistribution[{{3, 4}, {5, 7}}], 4]]
   {{3.42591, 6.11193}, {3.39102, 5.57834}, {3.34707, 5.5937}, {3.45374, 5.41282}}

Alternatively, you can use RescalingTransform[] on the results of RandomReal[]:

scaledRandomReal[ranges_?MatrixQ, n_Integer] := With[{m = Length[ranges]}, 
      RescalingTransform[ConstantArray[{0, 1}, m], ranges][RandomReal[1, {n, m}]]]

BlockRandom[SeedRandom[42]; scaledRandomReal[{{3, 4}, {5, 7}}, 4]]
   {{3.42591, 5.78205}, {3.34707, 5.90748}, {3.55596, 5.57834}, {3.29685, 5.41282}}