[Tutor] random number generation
Karim Yaici
karimy@nipltd.com
Fri, 25 May 2001 10:11:55 +0100
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Hi Rod,
If you are interested in a better random generator, have a look at =
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyaes/. This is a package that contains =
a couple of encryption modules and one psudo-number generator (which =
does interest us) is called: Entropy.
There are tests which show the 'predictability' and the standard =
deviation of the numbers generated by Entropy.py and whrandom.py.
You may probably not need that much of randomness, but I was thinking =
that people in this list may be interested :-)
Karim
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Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 2:16 AM
Subject: [Tutor] random number generation
I am wondering what the syntax is for generating random numbers in =
python - I am developing a set of numeracy programs for high school kids =
and need to be able to generate questions that are different each time
Rod Krause
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Rod,</FONT></DIV>
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Entropy.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There are tests which show the =
'predictability' and=20
the standard deviation of the numbers generated by Entropy.py and=20
whrandom.py.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You may probably not need that much of =
randomness,=20
but I was thinking that people in this list may be interested =
:-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Karim</FONT></DIV>
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