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  • Alex Endl
    #1

    help fast question

    Ok i took an intro to programming class in school, and decided to work on
    python in the summer.


    a few thing

    1)how do I make a variable a random # a = randint(1,5)
    seems logical, but i cant find a directory of commands to figure it
    out.

    2)i cant find much info on sockets, and thats a big reason i want to
    program. what im trying to figure out is something that goes to a website,
    picks up some specified text, and shows it on the screen. is this
    possible?


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    • djw
      #2
      Re: help fast question

      Alex Endl wrote:[color=blue]
      > Ok i took an intro to programming class in school, and decided to work on
      > python in the summer.
      >
      >
      > a few thing
      >
      > 1)how do I make a variable a random # a = randint(1,5)
      > seems logical, but i cant find a directory of commands to figure it
      > out.[/color]

      random — Generate pseudo-random numbers
      http://docs.python.org/lib/module-random.html
      Source code: Lib/random.py This module implements pseudo-random number generators for various distributions. For integers, there is uniform selection from a range. For sequences, there is uniform s...

      [color=blue]
      >
      > 2)i cant find much info on sockets, and thats a big reason i want to
      > program. what im trying to figure out is something that goes to a website,
      > picks up some specified text, and shows it on the screen. is this
      > possible?
      >
      >[/color]

      socket — Low-level networking interface
      http://docs.python.org/lib/module-socket.html
      Source code: Lib/socket.py This module provides access to the BSD socket interface. It is available on all modern Unix systems, Windows, MacOS, and probably additional platforms. Availability: not ...

      http.client — HTTP protocol client
      http://docs.python.org/lib/module-httplib.html
      Source code: Lib/http/client.py This module defines classes that implement the client side of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It is normally not used directly — the module urllib.request uses it to h...

      Page not found — Python 3.14.3 documentation
      http://docs.python.org/lib/module-HTMLParser.html



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        • Dan Bishop
          #3
          Re: help fast question

          "Alex Endl" <alexendl@hotma il.com> wrote in message news:<10fgnc8js dd2779@corp.sup ernews.com>...[color=blue]
          > Ok i took an intro to programming class in school, and decided to work on
          > python in the summer.
          >
          >
          > a few thing
          >
          > 1)how do I make a variable a random # a = randint(1,5)
          > seems logical, but i cant find a directory of commands to figure it
          > out.[/color]

          import random
          a = random.randint( 1, 5) # includes both endpoints
          b = random.randrang e(1, 6) # includes left endpoint, excludes right
          [color=blue]
          > 2)i cant find much info on sockets, and thats a big reason i want to
          > program. what im trying to figure out is something that goes to a website,
          > picks up some specified text, and shows it on the screen. is this
          > possible?[/color]

          Take a look at the urllib, httplib, and socket modules.

          To see the documentation for a module, type help('modulenam e') at the
          interactive prompt.

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