I would like to use a quasi-random sequence, specifically Sobol, within a SciPy based simulation. Any recommendations on existing, efficient packages? Answer I would use OpenTURNS, which provides several low discrepancy sequences: Faure sequence, Halton sequence, Reverse Halton sequence, Haselgrove sequence, …
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How to get a random number between a float range?
randrange(start, stop) only takes integer arguments. So how would I get a random number between two float values? Answer Use random.uniform(a, b):
Picking a Random Word from a list in python?
In Python 3, how would I print a random word from a list of words? Answer Use the random.choice() function:
Percentage chance to make action
Simple problem: How can I write some_function, or an expression involving percentage_chance, in order to solve this problem? Answer You could use random.random:
How to generate a random number with a specific amount of digits?
Let’s say I need a 3-digit number, so it would be something like: Answer You can use either of random.randint or random.randrange. So to get a random 3-digit number: * Assuming you really meant three digits, rather than “up to three digits”. To use an arbitrary number of digits: Output:
Shuffling a list of objects
How do I shuffle a list of objects? I tried random.shuffle: But it outputs: Answer random.shuffle should work. Here’s an example, where the objects are lists: Note that shuffle works in place, and returns None. More generally in Python, mutable objects can be passed into functions, and when a function m…
How do I simulate flip of biased coin?
In unbiased coin flip H or T occurs 50% of times. But I want to simulate coin which gives H with probability ‘p’ and T with probability ‘(1-p)’. something like this: Answer random.random() returns a uniformly distributed pseudo-random floating point number in the range [0, 1). This num…