On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, Dan Sommers wrote: > When you import random, all you're doing is importing the module; you have > to specify any given attribute thereof:
Dan, I thought that was implied. For example, I use 'import wx' and can then instantiate wx.frame, wx.dialogbox, etc. without explicitly importing each one. Apparently different modules work differently. >> ... 2) What are the differences between 'choice' and 'shuffle?' > choice chooses one element of a given list and leaves the list itself > alone; shuffle shuffles the list, presumably so that you can iterate > through the elements yourself. OK. The former picks the element for you while with the latter we must specify which element to pick. Thank you. This is all very good to know. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.(TM) | Accelerator <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
