[Tutor] Random

[JoanCarles p Casasín]

Gerrit Holl wrote:

>> import random
>> 
>> listofn = range(1,1000) #a list containing integers from 1 to 999
>> a = random.choice(listofn) #choice a random element from a list
>> print a
>> 
>> 
>> I don't know if there's a better way for doing it but this works for me...
>
>It works, but the following has much better performance:
>>>> import random
>>>> random.randint(0, 1000)
>67
>It doesn't need to create a list. Consider:
>>>> random.random() * 1000
>786.880856997
>>>> round(random.random() * 1000)
>30.0
>>>> int(round(random.random() * 1000))
>74

Thanks for the note.

My problem is that I think:
1) make things work
2) make things work in a clever way

But I use to stop once I get the first step and go for another thing. 
Thanks!


JoanCarles


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