Generate Random List of Integers

[ss30]

Hi,

I'm really new to python or really any programming at all. I'm trying to write a game and I'm really stuck on one small, seemingly easy task.

I have to generate a random list of n single digit integers (0 to 9).

For example, ['1', '5', '2', '8'] where n is 4.

Please help! I'm going out of my mind!

Thanks heaps

[bvdet]

Have you attempted to write any code? Hint: random.randrange() may be ideal for this task.

[ss30]

so far i have used

random.sample(range(0, 10), n) where n is the number of digits long.

This works really well for getting a random list with no repeats, but i need to have a random list where repeats are allowed.

[boxfish]

Hi,
You can use a for loop to loop n times, appending random numbers to your list. Is that what you want?
Hope this helps.

[ss30]

Hi,
You can use a for loop to loop n times, appending random numbers to your list. Is that what you want?
Hope this helps.

Yes, thankyou :) That helped a lot. I ended up using a while loop, but it seems to work well.

Thanks!

[bvdet]

Yes, thankyou :) That helped a lot. I ended up using a while loop, but it seems to work well.

Thanks!

ss30,

The following uses a for loop and range() in a list comprehension to return a list of random integers:

def random_ints(num, lower=0, upper=9):
    return [random.randrange(lower,upper+1) for i in range(num)]
 
print random_ints(4)

This is the equivalent code without the list comprehension:

def random_ints(num, lower=0, upper=9):
    ints = []
    for i in range(num):
        ints.append(random.randrange(lower,upper+1))
    return ints