filtering random values (sieves?)

[Emile van Sebille]

From: "kevin parks" 
> I am not sure I am even using the right terminology here, but I
> looking for a way to filter random values. Let's say that I am using
> random and randrange to generate values from 0-11, but i only want to
> accept values 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 


Does this help:

>>> import random
>>> random.choice([1,3,5,7,11])
7

Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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