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Re: How to run a python script twice randomly in a day?

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On 05/21/2013 06:32 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> 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.
>


No, it's only happens to look like length when start is zero.  So as a 
mnemonic, it's highly misleading.


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DaveA

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Re: How to run a python script twice randomly in a day? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-21 09:54 -0400

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