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- <H1>5.2. Standard Module <CODE>rand</CODE></H1>
- This module implements a pseudo-random number
- generator with an interface similar to <CODE>rand()</CODE> in C.
- the following functions:
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- <DL><DT><B>rand</B> () -- function of module rand<DD>
- Returns an integer random number in the range [0 ... 32768).
- </DL>
- <DL><DT><B>choice</B> (<VAR>s</VAR>) -- function of module rand<DD>
- Returns a random element from the sequence (string, tuple or list)
- <VAR>s</VAR>.
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- <DL><DT><B>srand</B> (<VAR>seed</VAR>) -- function of module rand<DD>
- Initializes the random number generator with the given integral seed.
- When the module is first imported, the random number is initialized with
- the current time.
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