[ python-Bugs-1590891 ] random.randrange don't return correct value for big number

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Bugs item #1590891, was opened at 2006-11-05 08:54
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Category: Python Library
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: MATSUI Tetsushi (mft)
Assigned to: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Summary: random.randrange don't return correct value for big number

Initial Comment:
Python 2.4.3 (#1, Oct  3 2006, 00:36:06)
[GCC 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1-r1)] on linux2
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>>> import random
>>> random.randrange(1000000000000,
-100000000000000000000, -200)
267471051174796896L

Obviously, the result is not in the specified range;
1000000000000 < 267471051174796896,
-100000000000000000000 < 267471051174796896
and
(267471051174796896 - 1000000000000) % (-200) != 0.

I'm using 2.3.5 and 2.4.3, and their behaviors are
identical.
I haven't checked about 2.5.

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Comment By: Josiah Carlson (josiahcarlson)
Date: 2006-11-08 08:45

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2.5 has the same behavior.

One workaround (until it gets fixed) is to do the following...

def myrandrange(start, stop, step):
    return start + random.randrange((stop-start)//step)*step

random.randrange should change to do some variant of the
above, given sane start, stop, step arguments.

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