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Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 23:35:51 +0530
Subject: Re: Cutting a deck of cards
From: Kamlesh Mutha <mkamlesh@gmail.com>
To: RVic <rvince99@gmail.com>
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I guess, you will have to use list slicing mechanism to achieve the desired
result.

Hope this helps,

Cheers,
Kamlesh





On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 11:22 PM, RVic <rvince99@gmail.com> wrote:

> Suppose I have a deck of cards, and I shuffle them
>
> import random
> cards = []
> decks = 6
> cards = list(range(13 * 4 * decks))
> random.shuffle(cards)
>
> So now I have an array of cards. I would like to cut these cards at some
> random point (between 1 and 13 * 4 * decks - 1, moving the lower half of
> that to the top half of the cards array.
>
> For some reason, I can't see how this can be done (I know that it must be
> a simple line or two in Python, but I am really stuck here). Anyone have
> any direction they can give me on this? Thanks, RVic, python newbie
>
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> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>



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<div dir=3D"ltr">I guess, you will have to use list slicing mechanism to ac=
hieve the desired result.<div><br></div><div style>Hope this helps,</div><d=
iv style><br></div><div style>Cheers,</div><div style>Kamlesh</div><div sty=
le>
<br></div><div style><br></div><div style><br></div></div><div class=3D"gma=
il_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 11:22 =
PM, RVic <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rvince99@gmail.com" target=
=3D"_blank">rvince99@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Suppose I have a deck of cards, and I shuffl=
e them<br>
<br>
import random<br>
cards =3D []<br>
decks =3D 6<br>
cards =3D list(range(13 * 4 * decks))<br>
random.shuffle(cards)<br>
<br>
So now I have an array of cards. I would like to cut these cards at some ra=
ndom point (between 1 and 13 * 4 * decks - 1, moving the lower half of that=
 to the top half of the cards array.<br>
<br>
For some reason, I can&#39;t see how this can be done (I know that it must =
be a simple line or two in Python, but I am really stuck here). Anyone have=
 any direction they can give me on this? Thanks, RVic, python newbie<br>

<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
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<a href=3D"http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list" target=3D"_=
blank">http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list</a><br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <b=
r>Faith waiting in the heart of a seed promises a miracle of life which it =
can not prove! <br>-Ravindranath Tagore
</div>

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