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Random number selection - stumunro - Aug-31-2017
Hi everyone,
I'm jumping in at the deep end here (I've literally just started codeacademy).
Basically, I was wondering if you could tell me how to code the following:
I want to input two numbers and have python generate a random number between and including the defined numbers.
E.g input 1 would be 0.3 and input 2 would be 0.6 which would output something like 0.42 or 0.54 etc.
Then, I want the generated number to be usable as a variable in an equation at the end of the script (this I have successfully coded myself).
So in short, I want to generate 5 random numbers from 5 different number ranges which I can then feed in to a separate equation :)
After this, I will look at running the script many times (automatically) and dumping a huge list of numbers out :)
Thanks for your help,
Stuart
RE: Random number selection - buran - Aug-31-2017
check random.uniform() from random module
Quote:random.uniform(a, b)
Return a random floating point number N such that a <= N <= b for a <= b and b <= N <= a for b < a.
The end-point value b may or may not be included in the range depending on floating-point rounding in the equation a + (b-a) * random().
RE: Random number selection - stumunro - Aug-31-2017
Ah, that was easy!
Very similar to how excel does it.
Next question, how can I run the same script say 1000 times and display the 1000 outputs?
RE: Random number selection - wavic - Aug-31-2017
Put the code into a function and use for loop to run it 1000 times
RE: Random number selection - stumunro - Aug-31-2017
Success!
Many thanks!