Python .uniform()

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Published Mar 10, 2022
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The .uniform() method takes two numbers as arguments and returns a pseudo-random floating-point number between them. The result is inclusive of the first value, and possibly inclusive of the second value, depending on rounding.

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Syntax

random.uniform(value1, value2)

Where value1 and value2 are numbers bounding the choice of a random floating-point number.

Example

In the example below, .uniform() is used to return a random floating-point number between 10 and 20:

import random
print(random.uniform(10,20))

Example output:

13.188312896316244

Codebyte Example

The following example prints random floating-point numbers between 10 and 15, 100 and 150, -10 and 10, and 0.75 and 0.90.

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