On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:25 PM, bob gailer <bgai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/14/2011 10:02 PM, walter weston wrote: > > when I print random.random() it always returns a float why is this? how do > I change it to a whole number? > > > That depends on what behavior you want. > > If you RTFM you will see: > random.random() Return the next random floating point number in the range > [0.0, 1.0). The Python tool for converting float to integer is the int > function. > > However int(random.random() ) will always return 0. > > In what range do you want the integers to fall? > The documentation in general is a fine source for learning new functionality: http://docs.python.org/library/random.html <http://docs.python.org/library/random.html>HTH, Wayne
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