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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2008-03-23 19:37:53 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2008-03-23 19:37:53 (GMT) |
| commit | c4f7bab0a0cd208bcab3c4f6cd8324ed8d08f98e (patch) | |
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| parent | bbc50eafe5cc7d2fa73b5b45eebc573c600db9ac (diff) | |
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Adopt Nick's suggestion for useful default arguments.
Clean-up floating point issues by adding true division and float constants.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index 505cc81..a064ac4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -193,7 +193,12 @@ be found in any statistics text. .. function:: triangular(low, high, mode) Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``low <= N < high`` - and with the specified *mode* between those bounds. + and with the specified *mode* between those bounds. + + If *mode* is not specified or is ``None``, it defaults to the midpoint + between the upper and lower bounds, producing a symmetric distribution. + + The default values for *low* and *high* are zero and one. .. function:: betavariate(alpha, beta) |