 | Drawing scalar random numbers:
import random random.seed(2198) # control the seed u = random.random() # uniform number on [0,1) u = random.uniform(-1, 1) # uniform number on [-1,1) u = random.gauss(m, s) # number from N(m,s) |
| Vectorized drawing of random numbers (arrays):
from numpy import random random.seed(12) # set seed u = random.random(n) # n uniform numbers on (0,1) u = random.uniform(-1, 1, n) # n uniform numbers on (-1,1) u = random.normal(m, s, n) # n numbers from N(m,s) |
| Note that both modules have the name random! A remedy:
import random as random_number # rename random for scalars from numpy import * # random is now numpy.random |
