[NEWB]: List with random numbers

[eltower]

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> In <1156054456.520655.49040 at b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, eltower wrote:
>
> > Generate a random number from 0 to 6
> > Insert this random number to the end of a list unless the number is
> > already there
> > finish with a len(list) = 7
> >
> > so far, I have this:
> >
> > import random
> >
> > random_list = []
> >
> > while len(random_list) < 8:
>
> Well, you said yourself that you finish with a list of length 7.  And you
> are doing this as long as your list is shorter than 8.  7 < 8 is always
> true → infinite loop.
>
> > 	j = random.randrange(6)
> > 	if (j in random_list):
> > 		continue
> > 	else:
> > 		random_list.append(j)
> > 	continue
> >
> > print random_list
> >
> >
> > however, I get stuck in an infinite loop.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Do you know `random.shuffle()`?
>
> In [4]: random_list = range(7)
>
> In [5]: random.shuffle(random_list)
>
> In [6]: random_list
> Out[6]: [1, 4, 6, 2, 5, 0, 3]
>
> Same effect but more efficient than your approach.
>
> Ciao,
> 	Marc 'BlackJack'

Holey moley.

random.shuffle() seems to be just the answer that I needed, thank you
very much :)

Adri