On Sun, 26 May 2013 03:38:12 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > ... adding a constant to a random variable still leaves it equally > random. Adding, multiplying, dividing or subtracting a constant from a > random variable X just shifts the possible values X can take ...
That's mathematically true, but this is the Python mailing list. Adding, subtracting, or dividing by a sufficiently large constant loses all the randomness. Python 3.2.4 (default, May 8 2013, 20:55:18) [GCC 4.7.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import random >>> random.random() + 1e200 1e+200 >>> random.random() - 1e200 -1e+200 >>> random.random() / 1e309 0.0 But you knew that. ;-) Dan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
