Appendix G — The random Module

The random module contains randomness related functions.

Random number generator:

import random

print(random.random())
print(random.random())
print(random.random())

0.5732613809679195
0.21445389626860611
0.40987483441157624

Random integer between lower and upper bound:

print(random.randint(1, 100))
print(random.randint(1, 100))
print(random.randint(1, 100))

60
54
23

Choose an item from a list at random:

options = ["van", "choc", "straw"]

flavor = random.choice(options)
print("FLAVOR:", flavor)

flavor = random.choice(options)
print("FLAVOR:", flavor)

flavor = random.choice(options)
print("FLAVOR:", flavor)

FLAVOR: choc
FLAVOR: straw
FLAVOR: straw