I have a question.

[Nathan Pinno]

  Thanks all.

  I needed to ask because I'm writing a couple of programs which require the
computer to choose numbers at random thanks.

  Nathan Pinno


  "Jeremy Jones" <zanesdad at bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.1131.1120146826.10512.python-list at python.org...
  > Nathan Pinno wrote:
  >
  > >  Hi all,
  > >
  > >  Does Python have a random function? If so, can you show me an example
  > >using it?
  > >
  > >  Thanks,
  > >  Nathan Pinno
  > >  http://www.npinnowebsite.ca/
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > Take your pick:
  >
  > In [5]: import random
  >
  > In [6]: random.choice(range(10))
  > Out[6]: 2
  >
  > In [7]: random.choice(range(10))
  > Out[7]: 7
  >
  > In [8]: random.choice(range(10))
  > Out[8]: 8
  >
  > In [9]: random.choice(range(10))
  > Out[9]: 8
  >
  >
  > In [14]: random.random()
  > Out[14]: 0.56386154889489271
  >
  > In [15]: random.random()
  > Out[15]: 0.47322827346926843
  >
  > In [16]: random.random()
  > Out[16]: 0.39921336622176518
  >
  > In [17]: random.random()
  > Out[17]: 0.65521407248459007
  >
  > In [18]: random.random()
  > Out[18]: 0.74525381787627598
  > In [20]: r = range(10)
  >
  > In [21]: random.shuffle(r)
  >
  > In [22]: r
  > Out[22]: [6, 4, 9, 7, 2, 0, 8, 3, 5, 1]
  >
  >
  > Jeremy Jones



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