Bob, Kent, I understood all that from the context and yet do not feel familiar enough with the information nor had the time to lookup.
The point I'm making is that Alan has a logical problem with his generator regarding the question of repetitive cards in a booster: On one hand, the script does not allow to repeat cards. On the other- he tries to display 8 cards out of a 5 card pool, which is impossible without repeating cards. That's all.. On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:00 PM, bob gailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OmerT wrote: >> >> I'm unfamiliar with the random.sample function, yet I can't help but >> wonder: >> Do you ever got the same card twice? >> > > Quoting the manual: > > sample( population, k) > Return a k length list of unique elements chosen from the population > sequence. Used for random sampling without replacement. > > -- > Bob Gailer > Chapel Hill NC 919-636-4239 > > When we take the time to be aware of our feelings and needs we have more > satisfying interatctions with others. > > Nonviolent Communication provides tools for this awareness. > > As a coach and trainer I can assist you in learning this process. > > What is YOUR biggest relationship challenge? > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor