Cutting a deck of cards

[Mark Lawrence]

On 26/05/2013 19:16, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote:
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>> Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 10:52:14 -0700
>> Subject: Cutting a deck of cards
>> From: rvince99 at gmail.com
>> To: python-list at python.org
>>
>> Suppose I have a deck of cards, and I shuffle them
>>
>> import random
>> cards = []
>> decks = 6
>> cards = list(range(13 * 4 * decks))
>> random.shuffle(cards)
>>
>> So now I have an array of cards. I would like to cut these cards at some random point (between 1 and 13 * 4 * decks - 1, moving the lower half of that to the top half of the cards array.
>>
>> For some reason, I can't see how this can be done (I know that it must be a simple line or two in Python, but I am really stuck here). Anyone have any direction they can give me on this? Thanks, RVic, python newbie
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>
> list(range(13 * 4 * decks)) == range(13 * 4 * decks)
>
> ;) 		 	   		
>

Wrong if you're using Python 3 :(

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