ashwin/RandomFloat.py

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Generate random float in Python

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RandomFloat.py

	import random

	# Random float in [0.0, 1.0)
	a = random.random()

	# Random float in [0, 100]
	b = random.uniform( 0, 100 )

JayRizzo commented Oct 11, 2018 •

edited

I needed 0.01 -> 1.00 so used what you got and modified it a little. This is probably way overkill but wanted to share. =)

# Random float in [0.01, 1.00]
c = "{:00.2f}".format(round(random.uniform(1, 100) * .01, 2))

'0.07'
'0.01'
'0.51'
'0.07'
'0.86'
'0.71'
'0.77'
'0.49'
'0.70'
'0.44'

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