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())

0.5401874017632786
0.5636612398496512
0.0967240640084196

Random integer between lower and upper bound:

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

45
39
10

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: van