Random Module, Inclusive and or Exclusive

Asked Jul 11 '18 at 01:45

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I'm looking at the documentation and it says,

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

Are 0.0 and 1.0 inclusive or exclusive?

I'm assuming either [ or ) signifies inclusion, whereas the other signifies exclusion, but I'm not sure which is which...

asked Jul 11 '18 at 01:45

oldboy

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`[` and `]` conventionally mean inclusive and `(` and `)` conventionally mean exclusive. – Andres Salgado Jul 11 '18 at 01:47
@AndresSalgado so `random()` would return a floating point number between `0.0` and `0.9`? – oldboy Jul 11 '18 at 01:48
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Yes, between 0.0 inclusive and 0.99999... (up to the precision allowed by Python). – Andres Salgado Jul 11 '18 at 01:49
@AndresSalgado awesome thanks!! – oldboy Jul 11 '18 at 01:49

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