[Tutor] how to generate random numbers in Python

[Pujo Aji]

Don't forget to call : import random

try:
import random
print random.randint(2,8)
print random.random()

good luck

pujo

On 6/4/05, Xiaoxia Xu <xiaoxia at dix.mines.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I tried to use a Python library module random() to generate some
> noise to my data. But the interpreter gave me an error
> message saying NameError: name 'random' is not defined.
> I thought this error is because I don't have the pertinent
> library included. Could anyone tell me how can I get this
> to work?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Ellen
> 
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