Brian Quinlan wrote: > I would just write the function like this: > > def genNumbers(): > shuffle_nums = numbers[:] # copy the list to preserve the orginal > # order (if it matters) > random.shuffle(shuffle_nums) # shuffle the entire list > return shuffle_nums[:5] # return the first 5 elements
Thanks. Interesting idea. I did consider copying it, but does that hurt performance each time the function is called? I know it may not be noticeable, but I don't like the idea of doing unnecessary work like that, if it is in fact unnecessary. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
