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RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions??

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> Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 01:41:58 +1000
> Subject: Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions??
> From: rosuav@gmail.com
> To: python-list@python.org
>
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 May 2013 19:14:57 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>> def random_number():
>>> return 7
>>
>> I call shenanigans! That value isn't generated randomly, you just made it
>> up! I rolled a die *hundreds* of times and not once did it come up seven!
>
> You've obviously never used a REAL set of dice. Now, I have here with
> me a set used for maths drill (to be entirely accurate, what I have
> here is the company's stock of them, so there are multiples of each of
> these - anyone need to buy dice?) with everything except the classic 1
> through 6 that everyone knows:
>
> * Six sides, faces marked 7 through 12
> * Six sides, faces marked "+x-\xf7+" and a "wild" marker (yes, two of +)
> * Ten sides, numbered 0 through 9
> * Eight sides, numbered 1 through 8
> * Twelve sides, as above
> * Twenty sides, as above
>
> Now, tabletop roleplayers will recognize the latter four as the ones
> notated as d10, d8, d12, and d20, but these are NOT for gameplay, they
> are for serious educational purposes! Honest!
>
> Anyway, all of those can roll a 7... well, one of them has to roll a
> \xf7, but close enough right? Plus, if you roll 2d6 (that is, two
> regular six-sided dice and add them up), 7 is statistically the most
> likely number to come up with. Therefore it IS random.
>
> ChrisA
> --
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def f(x):
    return x+1

or you can just go:

f(roll_d6())

;)

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help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? lokeshkoppaka@gmail.com - 2013-05-24 01:04 -0700
  Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 18:12 +1000
  Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-24 08:33 -0400
  RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-24 16:06 +0300
  Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? lokeshkoppaka@gmail.com - 2013-05-24 22:15 -0700
    Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-25 15:24 +1000
      Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? lokeshkoppaka@gmail.com - 2013-05-24 22:39 -0700
        Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-25 15:43 +1000
        Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-25 05:57 +0000
          Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? lokeshkoppaka@gmail.com - 2013-05-24 23:05 -0700
            Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-25 16:12 +1000
            RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 10:53 +0300
            Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-25 18:28 +1000
            RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 11:43 +0300
            Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-25 18:47 +1000
            RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 11:54 +0300
            Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-25 19:01 +1000
            RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 12:10 +0300
            Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-25 19:14 +1000
              Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-25 14:28 +0000
                Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-25 15:46 +0100
                Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-05-25 16:03 +0100
                Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-26 01:41 +1000
                Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-26 03:09 +0000
                Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-26 14:02 +1000
                RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 20:12 +0300
                RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 20:17 +0300
                Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-26 03:23 +1000
                Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-26 03:38 +0000
                Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2013-05-26 04:06 +0000
                Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-26 14:28 +1000
                RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 20:34 +0300
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            RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 20:07 +0300
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