= Python Random =

'''`random`''' is a module for pseudo-random number generation.

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== Usage ==

||'''Function'''            ||'''Meaning'''                                                                                                                                                      ||
||`betavariate()`           ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`binomialvariate(n, p)`   ||return the [[Python/Builtins/Types#Int|int]] expected number of successes given a binomial distribution over probability `p` (between 0 and 1) and given `n` trials||
||`choice(it)`              ||return a random element of [[Python/Collections/Abc#Sequence|sequence]] `it`                                                                                       ||
||`choices()`               ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`expovariate()`           ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`gammavariate()`          ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`gauss(mu, sigma)`        ||return a [[Python/Builtins/Types#Float|float]] from the Gaussian distribution characterized by ''mu'' and ''sigma''                                                ||
||`getrandbits()`           ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`lognormvariate()`        ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`normalvariate(mu, sigma)`||return a float from the normal distribution characterized by ''mu'' and ''sigma''                                                                                  ||
||`paretovariate()`         ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`randbytes()`             ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`randint(a, b)`           ||return an int from the discrete uniform distribution between ''a'' and ''b'', inclusive                                                                            ||
||`random()`                ||return a float between 0 and 1, inclusive of 0                                                                                                                     ||
||`randrange()`             ||return an int from a range; takes same arguments as `range()` (i.e. `range(10)`; `range(1,11,2)`)                                                                  ||
||`sample()`                ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`seed()`                  ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`shuffle(it)`             ||randomize the order of elements in [[Python/Collections/Abc#MutableSequence|mutable sequence]] `it` in place                                                       ||
||`triangular()`            ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`uniform(a, b)`           ||return a float from the continuous uniform distribution between ''a'' and ''b'', inclusive (except when floating point rounding hits the high value)               ||
||`vonmisesvariate()`       ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||
||`weibullvariate()`        ||                                                                                                                                                                   ||

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== See also ==

[[https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html|Python random module documentation]]

[[https://pymotw.com/3/random/|Python Module of the Day article for random]]



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