number generator

cesco fd.calabrese at gmail.com
Fri Mar 9 10:17:13 EST 2007


On Mar 9, 3:51 pm, Paul Rubin <http://phr...@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
> "cesco" <fd.calabr... at gmail.com> writes:
> > I have to generate a list of N random numbers (integer) whose sum is
> > equal to M. If, for example, I have to generate 5 random numbers whose
> > sum is 50 a possible solution could be [3, 11, 7, 22, 7]. Is there a
> > simple pattern or function in Python to accomplish that?
>
> Erm, yes, lots of ways, there are probably further constraints on the
> problem, such as the size of the integers, how the lists are supposed
> to be distributed, etc.  Can you be more specific?  Is this for an
> application?  If it's a homework problem, that's fine, but it's better
> in that case for respondents to suggest hints rather than full solutions.

Given two positive integers, N and M with N < M, I have to generate N
positive integers such that sum(N)=M. No more constraints.

Thanks again
Francesco




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