convert a list to a string

[Bart Nessux]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> Bart Nessux <bart_nessux at hotmail.com> writes:
> 
>>number = random.sample(range(count), 1)
>>
>>This makes 'number' into a one entry list (I don't know why as 'count'
>>is an integer). Is there an easy way to convert 'number' back to an
>>int?
> 
> 
> number = number[0]
> 
> But why are you using random.sample for that?  And making a list of
> size count, just to throw it away?  It sounds like you just want a
> random number between zero and count.  Do that with:
> 
>    number = random.randint(count)

How does randint and sample differ? I was under the impression that 
sample was more random.