| Fred Drake | 3a0351c | 1998-04-04 07:23:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | \section{Standard Module \module{rand}} |
| Guido van Rossum | e47da0a | 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | \label{module-rand} |
| Guido van Rossum | 571391b | 1997-04-03 22:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | \stmodindex{rand} |
| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | |
| Guido van Rossum | 571391b | 1997-04-03 22:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | The \code{rand} module simulates the C library's \code{rand()} |
| 6 | interface, though the results aren't necessarily compatible with any |
| 7 | given library's implementation. While still supported for |
| 8 | compatibility, the \code{rand} module is now considered obsolete; if |
| 9 | possible, use the \code{whrandom} module instead. |
| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | |
| Fred Drake | 7730cc0 | 1997-11-30 05:23:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
| Guido van Rossum | 571391b | 1997-04-03 22:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | \begin{funcdesc}{choice}{seq} |
| 13 | Returns a random element from the sequence \var{seq}. |
| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | \end{funcdesc} |
| 15 | |
| Guido van Rossum | 571391b | 1997-04-03 22:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | \begin{funcdesc}{rand}{} |
| 17 | Return a random integer between 0 and 32767, inclusive. |
| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | \end{funcdesc} |
| 19 | |
| 20 | \begin{funcdesc}{srand}{seed} |
| Guido van Rossum | 571391b | 1997-04-03 22:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | Set a starting seed value for the random number generator; \var{seed} |
| 22 | can be an arbitrary integer. |
| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | \end{funcdesc} |
| Guido van Rossum | 571391b | 1997-04-03 22:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | |
| Guido van Rossum | e47da0a | 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | \begin{seealso} |
| 26 | \seemodule{whrandom}{the standard Python random number generator} |
| 27 | \end{seealso} |
| 28 | |