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4.3. Standard Module rand

This module implements a pseudo-random number generator with an interface similar to rand() in C. It defines the following functions:

rand () -- function of module rand
Returns an integer random number in the range [0 ... 32768).
choice (s) -- function of module rand
Returns a random element from the sequence (string, tuple or list) s.
srand (seed) -- function of module rand
Initializes the random number generator with the given integral seed. When the module is first imported, the random number is initialized with the current time.