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| From | Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | RE: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? |
| Date | 2013-05-25 20:17 +0300 |
| References | <CAPTjJmpWeG3xRqKSXuH1+SwLTJhi-S=USU8cmXaQHFmgib=iyw@mail.gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2141.1369502281.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
---------------------------------------- > 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 > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list 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
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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> - 2013-05-24 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
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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
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 12:30 +0300
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 13:01 +0100
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Re: help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions?? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-25 10:27 -0400
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 14:30 +0000
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
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 20:45 +0300
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