Re: [Tutor] about random seed

2006-09-03 Thread Danny Yoo
>> random.seed() sets the starting number for the generator. Setting the >> seed to a known value can be important if you want the same sequence of >> pseudorandom numbers to be generated each time you test/run your >> program. >> > I still can not understand. can you show me an example? Hi Lin

Re: [Tutor] about random seed

2006-09-03 Thread Roel Schroeven
linda.s schreef: > I still can not understand. can you show me an example? > Thanks! > Linda Example program: import random random.seed(42) for i in range(10): print random.random() At the start of the program, the random number generator is seeded with 42. This could be any number, but t

Re: [Tutor] about random seed

2006-09-02 Thread linda.s
On 9/2/06, Bob Gailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > linda.s wrote: > > I read something about random.seed() but still confused. i can > > understand random.random() but it is very hard for me to understand > > random.seed(0... can anyone explain an example? > > > I suggest you read > http://en.wikip

Re: [Tutor] about random seed

2006-09-02 Thread Bob Gailer
linda.s wrote: > I read something about random.seed() but still confused. i can > understand random.random() but it is very hard for me to understand > random.seed(0... can anyone explain an example? > I suggest you read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator to get the gis

[Tutor] about random seed

2006-09-02 Thread linda.s
I read something about random.seed() but still confused. i can understand random.random() but it is very hard for me to understand random.seed(0... can anyone explain an example? Thanks a lot! Linda ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.pyth