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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2008-01-14 01:00:53 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2008-01-14 01:00:53 (GMT) |
| commit | 1acde190b2676ecfa45d754667df36d6b9c9cc7e (patch) | |
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Take Tim's advice and have random.sample() support only sequences and sets.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index ff5fb77..f08192d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ Functions for sequences: .. function:: sample(population, k) - Return a *k* length list of unique elements chosen from the population sequence. - Used for random sampling without replacement. + Return a *k* length list of unique elements chosen from the population sequence + or set. Used for random sampling without replacement. Returns a new list containing elements from the population while leaving the original population unchanged. The resulting list is in selection order so that |