On Apr 8, 2005, at 11:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: joe_schmoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For example, this is what I am currently doing:
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# generate unique numbers and append to list nmbr01 = random.randrange( 1, 20 ) nmbr_list.append( nmbr01 )
nmbr02 = random.randrange( 1, 20 ) # check for duplicates and re-generate a number if needed while nmbr02 in nmbr_list: nmbr02 = random.randrange( 1, 20 ) nmbr_list.append( nmbr02 )
nmbr03 = random.randrange( 1, 20 ) while nmbr03 in nmbr_list: nmbr03 = random.randrange( 1, 20 ) nmbr.append( nmbr03 )
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Since you want unique entries, couldn't you just do something like
def unique_entries(n,start=1,stop=20): "Generate n unique entries in range(1,20)" from random import shuffle l = range(start,stop) shuffle(l) return l[:n]
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Rick, Kent, Bernard, and Jeff
Thanks for your comments: that is so cool - ask a question and 5 different ways to do the same thing!! Thanks guys :)
As it so happens, I settled for Jeff's suggestion for 2 reasons: 1. because it was the first response and it worked when tested 2. it is straight forward enough for me to mentally follow what's happening
I thought some of the suggestions were really cool, but admittedly a little over my head at this point in time.
The solution was worked into a small "Master-Mind" like program I was fooling around with. I don't know what the protocol is on this list, but if you want to see it I'm happy to post here or off-list.
Anyway, just to give feedback on your helpful comments. Thanks.
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