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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2012-07-08 23:01:53 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2012-07-08 23:01:53 (GMT) |
| commit | 86a20f834ab4066950ef3688af00c08543ffb1b1 (patch) | |
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Issue 15265: document the exception raised for invalid sample sizes.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index daf7a76..a39b636 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ Functions for sequences: argument. This is especially fast and space efficient for sampling from a large population: ``sample(range(10000000), 60)``. + If the sample size is larger than the population size, a :exc:``ValueError`` + is raised. + The following functions generate specific real-valued distributions. Function parameters are named after the corresponding variables in the distribution's equation, as used in common mathematical practice; most of these equations can |