Message246616
| Author | rhettinger |
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| Recipients | Serge Anuchin, mark.dickinson, pitrou, r.david.murray, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka, skrah, steven.daprano, tim.peters, vstinner |
| Date | 2015-07-11.22:52:36 |
| SpamBayes Score | -1.0 |
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| Message-id | <1436655156.31.0.101222333143.issue24567@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
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FWIW, here are some variants (with differing degrees of brevity, clarity, and performance):
def choice(self, seq):
"""Choose a random element from a non-empty sequence."""
n = len(seq)
i = int(self.random() * n)
if i == n:
i = n - 1
return seq[i]
def choice(self, seq):
"""Choose a random element from a non-empty sequence."""
try:
return seq[int(self.random() * len(seq))]
except IndexError:
return seq[-1]
def choice(self, seq):
"""Choose a random element from a non-empty sequence."""
n = len(seq)
return seq[min(int(self.random() * n), n-1)] |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2015-07-11 22:52:36 | rhettinger | set | recipients: + rhettinger, tim.peters, mark.dickinson, pitrou, vstinner, steven.daprano, r.david.murray, skrah, serhiy.storchaka, Serge Anuchin |
| 2015-07-11 22:52:36 | rhettinger | set | messageid: <1436655156.31.0.101222333143.issue24567@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
| 2015-07-11 22:52:36 | rhettinger | link | issue24567 messages |
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