On Mar 9, 4:17 pm, "cesco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 9, 3:51 pm, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "cesco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have to generate a list of N random numbers (integer) whose sum is > > > equal to M. If, for example, I have to generate 5 random numbers whose > > > sum is 50 a possible solution could be [3, 11, 7, 22, 7]. Is there a > > > simple pattern or function in Python to accomplish that? > > > Erm, yes, lots of ways, there are probably further constraints on the > > problem, such as the size of the integers, how the lists are supposed > > to be distributed, etc. Can you be more specific? Is this for an > > application? If it's a homework problem, that's fine, but it's better > > in that case for respondents to suggest hints rather than full solutions. > > Given two positive integers, N and M with N < M, I have to generate N > positive integers such that sum(N)=M. No more constraints. > > Thanks again > Francesco
Suppose you have a fixed telegraph pole at N and a fixed telgraph pole at M, and you're given 5 more telegraph poles... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
