tips for this exercise?

[Paul Rubin]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVETHIScyber.com.au> writes:
> Generally, lottery numbers are selected from a range, e.g. one to forty.
> So rather than passing a global list, just pass the maximum number:
> 
> def getNumbers(maxn=40):
>     L = range(1, maxn+1)
>     random.shuffle(L)
>     return L[0:5]

Why is everyone using shuffle?

    Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb  2 2005, 12:11:53) 
    [GCC 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)] on linux2
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import random
    >>> random.sample(xrange(1,41), 5)
    [24, 15, 9, 39, 19]