Re: [Tutor] Random number selection

2012-01-03 Thread Alan Gauld
On 03/01/12 01:52, shane wrote: I was wondering is there a way to have a variable generate a random integer each time the variable is called. You can call a function to assign a value to a variable, but you can't "call" a variable (unless its assigned to a function but that's another subject en

Re: [Tutor] Random number selection

2012-01-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Dave Angel wrote: Variables with integer values are not 'called." They also don't change values unless you change it. So if you've got a loop, and you want them to have different values each time, then give them different values each time, by calling a function that does return a different v

Re: [Tutor] Random number selection

2012-01-02 Thread Dave Angel
On 01/02/2012 08:52 PM, shane wrote: I was wondering is there a way to have a variable generate a random integer each time the variable is called. Ive tried random.randint(a, b) and the range one to. It selects a random number and assigns it to the variable this part of the program would be mat

[Tutor] Random number selection

2012-01-02 Thread shane
I was wondering is there a way to have a variable generate a random integer each time the variable is called. Ive tried random.randint(a, b) and the range one to. It selects a random number and assigns it to the variable this part of the program would be math equations with random number selecti