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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index 3a7f131..1cd4d26 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -46,20 +46,20 @@ from sources provided by the operating system. Bookkeeping functions: -.. function:: seed([x], version=2) +.. function:: seed(a=None, version=2) Initialize the random number generator. - If *x* is omitted or ``None``, the current system time is used. If + If *a* is omitted or ``None``, the current system time is used. If randomness sources are provided by the operating system, they are used instead of the system time (see the :func:`os.urandom` function for details on availability). - If *x* is an int, it is used directly. + If *a* is an int, it is used directly. With version 2 (the default), a :class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, or :class:`bytearray` object gets converted to an :class:`int` and all of its bits are used. With version 1, - the :func:`hash` of *x* is used instead. + the :func:`hash` of *a* is used instead. .. versionchanged:: 3.2 Moved to the version 2 scheme which uses all of the bits in a string seed. @@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ Bookkeeping functions: Functions for integers: -.. function:: randrange([start,] stop[, step]) +.. function:: randrange(stop) + randrange(start, stop[, step]) Return a randomly selected element from ``range(start, stop, step)``. This is equivalent to ``choice(range(start, stop, step))``, but doesn't actually build a |