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Python Generating Random numbers

Updated on Jan 07, 2020

Python random module contains function to generate random numbers. So first you need to import random module using the following line.

import random

random() Function #

The random() function returns random number r such that 0 <= r < 1.0.

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>>> import random
>>> for i in range(0, 10):
...     print(random.random())
...

Expected Output:

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0.9240468209780505
0.14200320177446257
0.8647635207997064
0.23926674191769448
0.4436673317102027
0.09211695432442013
0.2512541244937194
0.7279402864974873
0.3864708801092763
0.08450122561765672

The randint(a, b) generate random numbers between a and b (inclusively).

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>>> import random
>>> for i in range(0, 10):
...   print(random.randint(1, 10))
...

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