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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2009-06-11 23:12:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2009-06-11 23:12:14 (GMT) |
| commit | be40db07c61030d1855a0d173eb30645968d6586 (patch) | |
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| parent | 59e6eb1c3b8170f20754e5d863e7c2316212d59a (diff) | |
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Issue 6261: Clarify behavior of random.uniform().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index ecfa607..6c7a04d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -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) |