Learning Python from the tutorial (was: What function is 'u0, j = random(), 0'?)

2015-11-14 Thread Ben Finney
Zachary Ware writes: > I've noticed you sending a lot of questions in the past day or two, > many at a fairly basic level. I think you would be well-served to > read through the tutorial at https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial. Better than merely reading through it: Anyone who wants to learn Pyth

Re: What function is 'u0, j = random(), 0'?

2015-11-14 Thread Zachary Ware
Hi, On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 8:23 PM, fl wrote: > Hi, > > When I read the below code, I cannot make the last line (with ##) out. > > > > def res(weights): > n = len(weights) > indices = [] > C = [0.] + [sum(weights[:i+1]) for i in range(n)] > u0, j = random(), 0 ## > > > If I run

What function is 'u0, j = random(), 0'?

2015-11-14 Thread fl
Hi, When I read the below code, I cannot make the last line (with ##) out. def res(weights): n = len(weights) indices = [] C = [0.] + [sum(weights[:i+1]) for i in range(n)] u0, j = random(), 0 ## If I run below code on console, it will say an error. uu, 0.1, 0 What differe