[NEWB]: List with random numbers

[Simon Forman]

eltower wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm trying to write a program in Python for learning purposes which is
> meant to:
>
> 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:
> 	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?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Adri

Maybe this would help:

>>> while True:
	print random.randrange(6),


3 2 5 4 1 3 1 3 5 0 5 3 4 0 2 2 5 2 2 5 3 1 0 2 0 4 2 4 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 2
1 5 4 2 0 1 5 3 4 1 2 3 5 1 1 5 4 0 3 0 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 2 4 5 4 2 5 5 3
5 0 2 3 2 3 5 5 2 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 3 5 3 2 1 4 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 5 5 2 5 0
5 5 1 0 2 3 1 4 3 3 1 3 5 2 1 4 0 5 3 2 5 0 2 5 3 4 5 5 0 0 3 4 3 1 5 5
3 4 3 4 5 0 3 0 2 5 5 1 3 3 5 3 4 0 3 3 2 5 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 5 0 4 5 4 0
1 0 5 2 3 1 1 4 4 3 0 0 0 3 3 5 3 5 4 1 1 0 2 4 5 3 3 1 3 5 5 0 1 4 2 1
0 0 0 3 0 4 5 5 5 5 0 4 1 3 4 0 5 3 0 0 5 1 1 3 4 1 0 5 4 5 0 1 1 5 4 1
2 2 5 2 0 1 1 5 4 5 1 5 5 3 0 3 2 4 3 4 3 2 2 0 3 2 4 2 4 2 3 5 0 4 0 0
1 3 0 4 1 0 0 4 2 4 5 3 5 0 4 2 1 4 4 2 0 0 4 4 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#8>", line 2, in -toplevel-
    print random.randrange(6),
KeyboardInterrupt


If not, try putting "print random_list" *inside* your while loop.


HTH,
~Simon

P.S. Take a look at the random.shuffle() function...  :-)