This formating is really tricky

[Seymore4Head]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:16:43 +0200, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de>
wrote:

>Seymore4Head wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:22:35 -0400, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>On 8/25/2014 4:14 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>>> import random
>>>> sets=3
>>>> for x in range(0, sets):
>>>>      pb2=random.choice([1-53])
>>>
>>>You want random.randint(1, 53)
>>>...
>>>>      alist = sorted([pb1, pb2, pb3, pb4, pb5])
>>>>      print ("Your numbers: {} Powerball: {}".format(alist, pb6))
>>>>
>>>> I am trying this example.  The program works, but the numbers don't
>>>> line up if the number of digits are different sizes.
>>>> http://openbookproject.net/pybiblio/practice/wilson/powerball.php
>>>
>>>To get them to line up, you have to format each one to the same width.
>>>
>>>> Suggestion please?
>>>> BTW the exercise instructions say to use the choice function.
>>>
>>>import random
>>>sets=3
>>>
>>>def ran53():
>>>     return random.randint(1, 53)
>>>
>>>f1 = '{:2d}'
>>>bform = "Your numbers: [{0}, {0}, {0}, {0}, {0}]".format(f1)
>>>pform = " Powerball: {0}".format(f1)
>>>
>>>for x in range(0, sets):
>>>     balls = sorted(ran53() for i in range(5))
>>>     print(bform.format(*balls), pform.format(ran53()))
>>>
>> I modified your code to only use lotto numbers that don't repeat.  I
>> am sure there is a more elegant way to this too.
>> 
>> import random
>> sets=10
>> print ("How many sets of numbers? ",sets)
>> 
>> f1 = '{:2d}'
>> bform = "Your numbers: [{0}, {0}, {0}, {0}, {0}]".format(f1)
>> pform = " Powerball: {0}".format(f1)
>> 
>> for x in range(0, sets):
>>      balls = sorted(random.randint(1, 53) for i in range(5))
>>      if balls[0]!= balls[1] and balls[1]!= balls[2] and balls[2]!=
>> balls[3] and balls[3]!= balls[4]:
>
>A simpler test would be
>
>       if len(set(balls)) == 5:
>
>>           print(bform.format(*balls), pform.format(random.randint(1,
>> 42)))
>>      sets=sets-1
>
>It's not just elegance, the code is incorrect as it can print less than 10 
>sets.
>
>Replace the for loop with a while loop, and only decrease sets when you 
>print a valid draw.
>
I will give those suggestions a try.
Thanks