Re: [Tutor] What is random.triangular() used for

2010-10-24 Thread Richard D. Moores
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 16:38, Dave Angel wrote: > import numpy as np > > see > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/plot_directive/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/histogram_demo.py > for one example.  I don't know anything about matplotlib as a whole, this > was just a lucky shot Thanks, Dave. That's

Re: [Tutor] What is random.triangular() used for

2010-10-24 Thread Dave Angel
On 2:59 PM, Richard D. Moores wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 13:29, Emile van Sebille wrote: From people who would know found at http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.random.triangular.html """The triangular distribution is often used in ill-defined problems where the u

Re: [Tutor] What is random.triangular() used for

2010-10-24 Thread Richard D. Moores
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 14:48, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Richard D. Moores wrote: >> >> NameError: name 'np' is not defined > > [...] >> >> but where do I get np? > > > I believe that it is common in the scientific python world to do this: > > import numpy as np > > and then use np.FUNCTION instead

Re: [Tutor] What is random.triangular() used for

2010-10-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Richard D. Moores wrote: NameError: name 'np' is not defined [...] but where do I get np? I believe that it is common in the scientific python world to do this: import numpy as np and then use np.FUNCTION instead of numpy.FUNCTION. -- Steven ___

Re: [Tutor] What is random.triangular() used for

2010-10-24 Thread Adam Bark
On 24/10/10 21:57, Richard D. Moores wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 13:29, Emile van Sebille wrote: From people who would know found at http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.random.triangular.html """The triangular distribution is often used in ill-defined problems w

Re: [Tutor] What is random.triangular() used for

2010-10-24 Thread Richard D. Moores
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 13:29, Emile van Sebille wrote: > From people who would know found at > http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.random.triangular.html > > > """The triangular distribution is often used in ill-defined problems where > the underlying distribution is not kn

Re: [Tutor] What is random.triangular() used for

2010-10-24 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 10/24/2010 1:17 PM Richard D. Moores said... In looking through the doc on the random module I came across random.triangular(): random.triangular(low, high, mode) Return a random floating point number N such that low<= N<= high and with the specified m