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r68633 | thomas.heller | 2009-01-16 12:53:44 -0600 (Fri, 16 Jan 2009) | 3 lines
Change an example in the docs to avoid a mistake when the code is copy
pasted and changed afterwards.
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r68648 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-16 22:28:57 -0600 (Fri, 16 Jan 2009) | 1 line
use enumerate
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r68667 | amaury.forgeotdarc | 2009-01-17 14:18:59 -0600 (Sat, 17 Jan 2009) | 3 lines
#4077: No need to append \n when calling Py_FatalError
+ fix a declaration to make it match the one in pythonrun.h
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r68706 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-17 19:28:46 -0600 (Sat, 17 Jan 2009) | 1 line
fix grammar
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r68718 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 04:42:35 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line
#4976: union() and intersection() take multiple args, but talk about "the other".
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r68720 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 04:45:22 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line
#4974: fix redundant mention of lists and tuples.
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r68721 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 04:48:16 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line
#4914: trunc is in math.
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r68724 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 07:24:10 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line
#4979: correct result range for some random functions.
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r68725 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 07:47:26 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line
#4857: fix augmented assignment target spec.
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r68726 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 08:41:52 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line
#4923: clarify what was added.
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r68727 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 12:25:30 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line
#4986: augassigns are not expressions.
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r68739 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-18 15:11:38 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line
fix test that wasn't working as expected #4990
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 82d2555..5dcf764 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -149,13 +149,13 @@
.. function:: 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``.
+ Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``a <= N <= b`` for
+ ``a <= b`` and ``b <= N <= a`` for ``b < a``.
.. function:: triangular(low, high, mode)
- Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``low <= N < high`` and
+ Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``low <= N <= high`` and
with the specified *mode* between those bounds. The *low* and *high* bounds
default to zero and one. The *mode* argument defaults to the midpoint
between the bounds, giving a symmetric distribution.
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@
.. function:: betavariate(alpha, beta)
- Beta distribution. Conditions on the parameters are ``alpha > 0`` and ``beta >
- 0``. Returned values range between 0 and 1.
+ Beta distribution. Conditions on the parameters are ``alpha > 0`` and
+ ``beta > 0``. Returned values range between 0 and 1.
.. function:: expovariate(lambd)
@@ -178,14 +178,15 @@
.. function:: gammavariate(alpha, beta)
- Gamma distribution. (*Not* the gamma function!) Conditions on the parameters
- are ``alpha > 0`` and ``beta > 0``.
+ Gamma distribution. (*Not* the gamma function!) Conditions on the
+ parameters are ``alpha > 0`` and ``beta > 0``.
.. function:: gauss(mu, sigma)
- Gaussian distribution. *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard deviation.
- This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function defined below.
+ Gaussian distribution. *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard
+ deviation. This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function
+ defined below.
.. function:: lognormvariate(mu, sigma)