The Easiest way to Generate Random Numbers
In this Python example, we will look that how we can generate random numbers using different techniques.
1. What is a Random Number?
A random number is a number chosen from a pool of limited or unlimited numbers that has no discernible pattern for prediction.
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2. How to Generate a Random Number using Python?
In Python, we have the random module which contains all the functions to generate random numbers. Mainly, all the methods inside the random module depend on random() which is a pseudo-random number generator.
There are various applications of random number generation, for example, lottery games, pin generation etc.
There are different ways in Python using which we can generate random numbers.
2.1. random.choice function in Python
The choice() is an inbuilt function in a random module that returns a random item from a list, tuple, or string.
import random # prints a random value from the list values = [2, 5, 9, 13, 19, 23] print(random.choice(values))
Output 9
In the above program, the random number will be chosen automatically.
2.2. random.randrange function in Python
The randrange() function generates random numbers from a specified range. It intakes the beginning, the ending, and the stepping value.
#Python Program for Randrange function
import random
print("The number is : ", end="")
print(random.randrange(28, 59, 2))Output The number is : 54
2.3. random.random function in Python
As stated before, the random function returns any random float number which is >= 0 and < 1.
import random
print("The numbe rusing random() function: ", end="")
print(random.random())Output The numbe rusing random() function: 0.9201440577334621
2.4. random.seed function in Python
The seed() function helps to save the current state of a random function for letting the function produce random numbers on multiple executions of the code on the same machine or on different machines.
The seed value uses the value generated by the generator previously. When there is no previous value generated, seed uses the current system time.
import random
random.seed(6)
print("Random number with seed 6 is : ", random.random())
random.seed(9)
print("Random number with seed 9 is : ", random.random())
random.seed(6)
print("Random number with seed 6 is : ", random.random())Output Random number with seed 6 is : 0.793340083761663 Random number with seed 9 is : 0.46300735781502145 Random number with seed 6 is : 0.793340083761663
3. Conclusion
In this article, we have discussed different programs for generating random numbers in Python using random, choice, randrange and seed functions.
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