Python Random Module Functions Explained

The random module is a module in the Python standard library that provides the functionality to generate random numbers.

  1. random(): generates a random floating point number between 0 and 1.
  2. Generate a random integer between a and b using randint(a, b).
  3. choice(seq): randomly select an element from the sequence seq.
  4. Shuffle(seq): Randomly mix up the elements in sequence seq.
  5. Choose k elements at random from a population to create a new list.
  6. Generate a random floating-point number between a and b.
  7. Seed: Set a random number seed to ensure that the random number sequence generated is the same each time.
  8. getState() and setState(state): respectively retrieve and set the internal state of the random number generator.
  9. Initialize the random number generator using random.seed().
  10. random.getrandbits(k): generates a random integer with k bits.
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