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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2009-06-11 23:18:54 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2009-06-11 23:18:54 (GMT) |
| commit | d97d1fdc6097441f120b248ecbc2646045f6f277 (patch) | |
| tree | a12bbbac01b0e069dbe14eaae91721d66413595d /Doc | |
| parent | 75b544886bc43aa2aeb49522d9f640af116f97ab (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 78c3cc0..b6b0b6c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ 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) |