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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2009-06-11 23:12:14 (GMT)
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Issue 6261: Clarify behavior of random.uniform().
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@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ be found in any statistics text.
Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``a <= N <= b`` for
``a <= b`` and ``b <= N <= a`` for ``b < a``.
+ The end-point value ``b`` may or may not be included in the range
+ depending on floating-point rounding in the equation ``a + (b-a) * random()``.
.. function:: triangular(low, high, mode)