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Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:39 +1000
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
To: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to run a python script twice randomly in a day?
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On 21May2013 17:56, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
| On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> wrote:
| > - randrange() is like other python ranges: it does not include the end value.
| >   So your call picks a number from 0..58, not 0..59.
| >   Say randrange(0,60). Think "start, length".
| 
| Nitpick: It's not start, length; it's start, stop-before. If the start
| is 10 and the second argument is 20, you'll get numbers from 10 to 19.
| But your conclusion is still accurate :)

But it's still a useful thing to think when you're trying to reason
about ranges unless you're doing something unusual.

Cheers,
-- 
Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>

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