!random --- Generate pseudo-random numbers — Examples
>>> random() # Random float: 0.0 <= x < 1.0 0.37444887175646646 >>> uniform(2.5, 10.0) # Random float: 2.5 <= x <= 10.0 3.1800146073117523 >>> expovariate(1 / 5) # Interval between arrivals averaging 5 seconds 5.148957571865031 >>> randrange(10) # Integer from 0 to 9 inclusive 7 >>> randrange(0, 101
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>>> random() # Random float: 0.0 <= x < 1.0 0.37444887175646646
>>> uniform(2.5, 10.0) # Random float: 2.5 <= x <= 10.0 3.1800146073117523
>>> expovariate(1 / 5) # Interval between arrivals averaging 5 seconds 5.148957571865031
>>> randrange(10) # Integer from 0 to 9 inclusive 7
>>> randrange(0, 101, 2) # Even integer from 0 to 100 inclusive 26
>>> choice(['win', 'lose', 'draw']) # Single random element from a sequence 'draw'
>>> deck = 'ace two three four'.split() >>> shuffle(deck) # Shuffle a list >>> deck ['four', 'two', 'ace', 'three']
>>> sample([10, 20, 30, 40, 50], k=4) # Four samples without replacement [40, 10, 50, 30]
>>> # Six roulette wheel spins (weighted sampling with replacement) >>> choices(['red', 'black', 'green'], [18, 18, 2], k=6) ['red', 'green', 'black', 'black', 'red', 'black']
>>> # Deal 20 cards without replacement from a deck >>> # of 52 playing cards,
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