[Numpy-discussion] Re: [Numpy-user] random.randint bug ?

[Robert Kern]

Randewijk P-J <pjrandew at sun.ac.za> wrote:
> I'm having problems with randint:
> 
> 
>>>>random.randint(low=1,high=10)
> 
> 4L
> 
>>>>random.randint(low=1,high=10)
> 
> 7L
> 
>>>>random.randint(low=1,high=10)
> 
> 5L
> 
>>>>random.randint(low=1,high=10)
> 
> 7L
> 
>>>>random.randint(low=1,high=10)
> 
> 4L
> 
>>>>random.randint(low=1,high=10)
> 
> 0L
> 
> The last value is wrong because it is < "low"/"1"
> 
> The randint value should be: 1 <= value < 10
> 
>>>>help(random.randint)
> 
> Help on built-in function randint:
> 
> randint(...)
>     Return random integers x such that low <= x < high.
>     
>     randint(low, high=None, size=None) -> random values
>     
>     If high is None, then 0 <= x < low.
> 
> 
> 
> Running Python 2.4.2 and NumPy 0.9.6

Fixed in SVN. Thank you.

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Robert Kern
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