Re: number generator
"cesco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >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? > > Thanks and regards > Francesco You can initialize a list to [1, 1, 1, 1, 1], and generate 45 random integers between 1 and 5, and every time a number is generated, increase the Nth number in the list by one. Not all distinct lists will have the same chance of occurring, e.g. [46, 1, 1, 1, 1] will be much less likely than [10, 10, 10, 10, 10]. Depending on what you need these numbers for, it can be a good thing or a bad thing. --Army1987 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python Feature Request: Explicit variable declarations
"jamadagni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Languages like Perl and VB need a strict mode because they will >> auto-vivify variable for you. I.e. they will bring variables to life >> with defined or undefined values if you use them in a l-value (left hand >> side of an assignment) without having declared them prior. If you do >> that in Python you get an exception. > > I don't comprehend. I can just type a = 5 in a new Python session and > I get no exception. Python currently does not require variables to be > declared before they are used on the LHS. I think (s)he meant right hand. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Getting started with python
"Paddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On a different tack, from: > http://tickletux.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/using-fizzbuzz-to-find-developers-who-grok-coding/ > It seems you need to learn how to write a Fizz-Buzz > program to get a job now-a-days :-) Something less idiotic? I took longer to type a program to do that than to figure out how to do that. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
