cesco wrote: > On Mar 9, 3:51 pm, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> "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?
Isn't at least one of those numbers depending on the others? > 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. Then why must they be random? div and mod should do it. Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #220: Someone thought The Big Red Button was a light switch. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list