help fast question

[Alex Endl]

Ok i took an intro to programming class in school, and decided to work on
python in the summer.
a few thing

1)how do I make a variable a random # a = randint(1,5)
seems logical, but i cant find a directory of commands to figure it
out.

2)i cant find much info on sockets, and thats a big reason i want to
program. what im trying to figure out is something that goes to a website,
picks up some specified text, and shows it on the screen. is this
possible?

[djw]

Alex Endl wrote:

Ok i took an intro to programming class in school, and decided to work on
python in the summer.
a few thing

1)how do I make a variable a random # a = randint(1,5)
seems logical, but i cant find a directory of commands to figure it
out.
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-random.html

2)i cant find much info on sockets, and thats a big reason i want to
program. what im trying to figure out is something that goes to a website,
picks up some specified text, and shows it on the screen. is this
possible?

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-socket.html
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-httplib.html
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-HTMLParser.html

[Dan Bishop]

"Alex Endl" <al******@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<10*************@corp.supernews.com>...

Ok i took an intro to programming class in school, and decided to work on
python in the summer.
a few thing

1)how do I make a variable a random # a = randint(1,5)
seems logical, but i cant find a directory of commands to figure it
out.
import random
a = random.randint(1, 5) # includes both endpoints
b = random.randrange(1, 6) # includes left endpoint, excludes right
2)i cant find much info on sockets, and thats a big reason i want to
program. what im trying to figure out is something that goes to a website,
picks up some specified text, and shows it on the screen. is this
possible?

Take a look at the urllib, httplib, and socket modules.

To see the documentation for a module, type help('modulename') at the
interactive prompt.