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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2016-11-21 22:34:33 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2016-11-21 22:34:33 (GMT) |
| commit | bf87126a636bddf2d9a8f432215fe2efb98ba8fe (patch) | |
| tree | 6d371582293e1813a6a1da1e2eabef361186cf0f /Lib/random.py | |
| parent | 546ce65968921f52f1c79a7218e57dc237dbe436 (diff) | |
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Issue 28475: Improve error message for random.sample() with k < 0. (Contributed by Francisco Couzo).
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diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py index ca90e14..49b0f14 100644 --- a/Lib/random.py +++ b/Lib/random.py @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class Random(_random.Random): randbelow = self._randbelow n = len(population) if not 0 <= k <= n: - raise ValueError("Sample larger than population") + raise ValueError("Sample larger than population or is negative") result = [None] * k setsize = 21 # size of a small set minus size of an empty list if k > 5: |