[Tutor] How to test function using random.randint()?

[Ben Finney]

boB Stepp <robertvstepp at gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 04:05:58PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> >>         if rng is None:
> >>             rng = random.random
> >
> > Typo: you want rng = random.randint.

No, I meant what I wrote. The ‘rng’ parameter is expected to be bound to
a RNG. If the caller has not specified a custom RNG instance, we bind
‘rng’ to the standard RNG instance found at ‘random.random’.

> >>         result = rng.randint(1, num_sides)
> >
> > And here you just want result = rng(1, num_sides). Otherwise you're
> > trying to call random.randint.randint.
>
> And then this statement would be correct as Ben wrote it.

Unlike some other examples I have posted, I actually bothered to
demonstrate this working as expected before posting it :-)

> Ben, please chime in if I have got it wrong.

You have it right, Bob.

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