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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/librand.tex b/Doc/librand.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b03ac41 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/librand.tex @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{rand}} + +\stmodindex{rand} This module implements a pseudo-random number +generator with an interface similar to \code{rand()} in C. It defines +the following functions: + +\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module rand)} +\begin{funcdesc}{rand}{} +Returns an integer random number in the range [0 ... 32768). +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{choice}{s} +Returns a random element from the sequence (string, tuple or list) +\var{s}. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{srand}{seed} +Initializes the random number generator with the given integral seed. +When the module is first imported, the random number is initialized with +the current time. +\end{funcdesc} |