How do make a function that creates a sequence of n random numbers?

[shivermetimbers15]

I'm new to Python, as you can tell, and I'm interested in how to do this.

[Diez B. Roggisch]

import random

def rand_seq():
while True:
yield random.random()

for rn in rand_seq():
print rn

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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch

[Paul Rubin]

sh***************@yahoo.com (shivermetimbers15) writes:

I'm new to Python, as you can tell, and I'm interested in how to do this.

What other languages do you use and what do you want the random
numbers for? That might be of some help in understanding what level
to answer your question at.

The simplest answer is something like

import random # load python's random number module
seq = [random.random() for i in xrange(n)] # generate sequence of length n

but that may not be what you want.

[Peter Hansen]

shivermetimbers15 wrote:

I'm new to Python, as you can tell, and I'm interested in how to do this.

1. Go through the Python tutorial step by step.

2. Read the online docs and learn about the "random" module.

3. Write the function using a simple for loop and xrange(),
and appending the results of calls to random.randint() to
a list, returning the list when you're done.

If you need more help, I suggest you post the code you have written so
far to this mailing list/newsgroup and ask for feedback. You'll learn
the most, the fastest, this way, and will demonstrate your own willingness
to do some of the work.

-Peter

[Peter Hansen]

Peter Hansen wrote:

[snip] If you need more help, I suggest you post the code you have written so
far to this mailing list/newsgroup and ask for feedback. You'll learn
the most, the fastest, this way, and will demonstrate your own willingness
to do some of the work.

Or, just wait a moment and someone will post a working example, robbing
you of the opportunity to learn how to do it for yourself. :-)

-Peter

[Lee Harr]

On 2004-02-17, shivermetimbers15 <sh***************@yahoo.com> wrote:

I'm new to Python, as you can tell, and I'm interested in how to do this.

Sounds suspiciously like homework to me...

Post some code you've written and I am sure people will help you
to get it working.

[Asun Friere]

sh***************@yahoo.com (shivermetimbers15) wrote in message news:<8e**************************@posting.google. com>...

I'm new to Python, as you can tell, and I'm interested in how to do this.

As well as using random.random() consider whether some of the other
methods in the random module might serve your needs, eg.

import random
random.randrange(500,1000) 806 [random.randrange(0, 10) for n in range(8)] [4, 1, 6, 5, 5, 3, 0, 5] a = ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five']
random.choice(a) 'three' random.shuffle(a)
a

['four', 'two', 'one', 'three', 'five']

[DH]

Peter Hansen wrote:

If you need more help, I suggest you post the code you have written so
far to this mailing list/newsgroup and ask for feedback. You'll learn
the most, the fastest, this way, and will demonstrate your own willingness
to do some of the work.

Maybe the question was asking for help getting started.