bob gailer wrote: > Check this out: > > import random, time > s = time.time() > cycles = 1000 > d = "0123456789"*100 > f = open("numbers.txt", "w") > for i in xrange(n): > l = [] > l.extend(random.sample(d, 1000)) > f.write(''.join(l)) > f.close() > print time.time() - s
Note that this is not random. E. g. the start sequence "0"*101 should have a likelyhood of 1/10**101 but is impossible to generate with your setup. Peter _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor