On Mar 30, 5:06 pm, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > RVDict= {'1': random.betavariate(1,1), '2': random.expovariate(1), ...}
>
> This actually calls the functions random.betavariate, etc. when
> initializing RVDict. If you print out the contents of RVDict you'll see
> that each value in it is just a floating point number, not a callable.
>
> You want something like:
>
> RVDict = {'1': lambda: random.betavariate(1,1),
> '2': lambda: random.expovariate(1), etc.
In Python 2.5, you can also write this as:
from functools import partial
RVDict = {'1': partial(random.betavariate,1,1),
'2': partial(random.expovariate,1),
etc.
George
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