D'oh, forgot to remove some semicolons (Python will ignore them anyway):
> from System.Security.Cryptography import RNGCryptoServiceProvider
> from System import BitConverter, Random
>
> rndC = RNGCryptoServiceProvider()
> rndC.GetBytes(rndBytes)
> seed = BitConverter.ToInt32(rndBytes, 0)
> rand = Random(seed)
>
> return rand.Next(min, max)
- Jeff
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Jeff Hardy <jdha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> Jimmy has already shown how to create a byte array, so I'll translate the
> rest:
>
> from System.Security.Cryptography import RNGCryptoServiceProvider
> from System import BitConverter, Random
>
> rndC = RNGCryptoServiceProvider()
> rndC.GetBytes(rndBytes)
> seed = BitConverter.ToInt32(rndBytes, 0);
> rand = Random(seed);
>
> return rand.Next(min, max);
>
> In general, to convert C# to Python:
>
> drop semicolons ( ; )
> drop braces ( { } )
> drop 'new'
> drop types
> drop namespaces
>
> add 'def' to functions
> change foreach to for
> remove parens ( ( ) ) from if, for, while
> add colons ( : ) after class, def, if, while
>
> change 'using Foo' to 'from Foo import *' (bad style in Python, but it works)
>
> and a few other, more complicated steps
>
> Heck, writing a script to do it wouldn't be all that hard, and it
> shows just how much noise is in C#.
>
> - Jeff
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Andrew Evans <evans.d.and...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I am trying to follow a tutorial written for silverlight and C# and convert
>> the code to Iron Python. However I am unsure about how to use this code as
>> IronPython
>>
>> Byte[] rndBytes = new Byte[10];
>>
>> RNGCryptoServiceProvider rndC = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
>> rndC.GetBytes(rndBytes);
>> int seed = BitConverter.ToInt32(rndBytes, 0);
>> Random rand = new Random(seed);
>>
>> return rand.Next(min, max);
>>
>> what modules do I need. How do I use Byte in IronPython etc
>>
>> Any ideas advice *cheers
>>
>>
>>
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