Hello Tara, or is it Leon? On 30/11/12 20:21, leon zaat wrote:
Hi, im trying to write a script which randomly generates 10,000 points(x,y) in the unit square(so range between 0 and 1 for both x and y).so far I have written the code below in red,
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however it only produces one random point. How do I get it to repeat this so it produces 10,000 different random points?
import math import random random.seed() x=random.uniform(0,1) y=random.uniform(0,1) This generates one random point, because it gets executed once. After generating that single random point, you then loop 1x1 times: for i in range(0,1): # this line loops once for j in range(0,1): # and this also loops once print (x,y) so it only 1x1 = 1 time. The solution is simple: if you want to generate 10,000 points, you must put the code that chooses a random point inside something that will loop 10,000 times. Here's an example that will loop 20 times: for i in range(20): # Pick an x and y ar random x = random.uniform(0,1) y = random.uniform(0,1) print (x, y) All you have to do now is extend that to loop 10000 times instead of 20. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor