random numbers according to user defined distribution ??

[Dan Bishop]

On Aug 6, 8:26 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st... at REMOVE-THIS-
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:02:37 -0700, Alex wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
>
> > I wonder if it is possible in python to produce random numbers according
> > to a user defined distribution? Unfortunately the random module does not
> > contain the distribution I need :-(
>
> This is a strange question. Of course you can -- just write a function to
> do so! Here's some easy ones to get you started:
>
...
>
> There's no general way to create a random function for an arbitrary
> distribution. I don't think there's a general way to *describe* an
> arbitrary random distribution.

What about the quantile function?