In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven
D'Aprano wrote:
> last_number_used = 12345
> usable_IDs = []
>
> def make_studentID():
> global last_number_used
> global usable_IDs
> if not usable_IDs:
> # generate another batch of IDs in random order
> usable_IDs = range(last_number_used, last_number_used + 1000)
- usable_IDs.sort(random.random())
+ random.shuffle(usable_IDs)
> last_number_used += 1000
> return usable_IDs.pop()
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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