random

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random

random defines functions that generate random values for various distributions, it's intended to be a drop-in subset of Python's random module for Starlark.

Functions

randbytes(n)

Generate a random byte string containing n number of bytes.

Parameters

name	type	description
n	int	If n bytes is non-positive or not supplied, a reasonable default is used.

Examples

basic

Generate a random byte string containing 10 bytes.

load("random", "randbytes")
b = randbytes(10)
print(b)
# Output: b'K\xaa\xbb4\xbaEh0\x19\x9c'

randint(a,b)

Return a random integer N such that a <= N <= b.

Parameters

name	type	description
a	int	The lower bound of the range.
b	int	The upper bound of the range.

Examples

basic

Return a random integer N such that 0 <= N <= 10.

load("random", "randint")
n = randint(0, 10)
print(n)
# Output: 7

random()

Return a random floating point number in the range 0.0 <= X < 1.0.

Examples

basic

Return a random floating point number in the range [0.0, 1.0).

load("random", "random")
n = random()
print(n)
# Output: 0.7309677873766576

uniform(a, b)

Return a random floating point number N such that a <= N <= b for a <= b and b <= N <= a for b < a. The end-point value b may or may not be included in the range depending on floating-point rounding in the equation a + (b-a) * random().

Parameters

name	type	description
a	float	The lower bound of the range.
b	float	The upper bound of the range.

Examples

basic

Return a random floating point number N such that 5.0 <= N <= 10.0.

load("random", "uniform")
n = uniform(5, 10)
print(n)
# Output: 7.309677873766576

choice(seq)

Return a random element from the non-empty sequence seq.

Parameters

name	type	description
seq	list	A non-empty sequence.

Examples

basic

Return a random element from the non-empty sequence [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].

load("random", "choice")
n = choice([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
print(n)
# Output: 3

shuffle(x)

Shuffle the sequence x in place.

Parameters

name	type	description
x	list	A non-empty sequence.

Examples

basic

Shuffle the sequence [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] in place.

load("random", "shuffle")
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
shuffle(x)
print(x)
# Output: [3, 1, 5, 4, 2]

Documentation

Overview

Package random defines functions that generate random values for various distributions, it's intended to be a drop-in subset of Python's random module for Starlark.

Index

• Constants
• func LoadModule() (starlark.StringDict, error)

Constants

const ModuleName = "random"

ModuleName defines the expected name for this Module when used in Starlark's load() function, eg: load('random', 'choice')

Functions

func LoadModule

func LoadModule() (starlark.StringDict, error)

LoadModule loads the random module. It is concurrency-safe and idempotent.