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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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On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 3:17 AM, Carlos Nepomuceno
<carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> wrote:
> def f(x):
>     return x+1
>
> or you can just go:
>
> f(roll_d6())

Hmm. Interesting. So now we have a question: Does adding 1 to a random
number make it less random? It adds determinism to the number; can a
number be more deterministic while still no less random?

Ah! I know. The answer comes from common sense:

a = random()   # a is definitely a random number
a -= random()  # a is no longer random, we subtracted all the randomness from it

Of course, since number-number => number, a is still a number. And so
we can conclude that adding 1 to a random dice roll does indeed leave
all the randomness still in it. But wait! That means we can do
better!!

a = random()   # a is a random number
a *= 5   # a is clearly five times as random now!

ChrisA

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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
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