import random

random.seed()

print random.randrange(1, 10, 1) # generate a number between [1, 10)
print random.randint(1, 10) # generate an integer between [1, 10]
print random.choice(range(10)) # get a random integer from the list

l = range(10)
random.shuffle(l) # shuffle the list
print l

print random.sample(xrange(10), 10) # sample size should less than the size of the list
		

import random

random.seed()

print random.random() # generate a random float number between [0, 1)
print random.uniform(1, 10) # generate a random float number between [1, 10] with uniform distribution
print random.gauss(0, 1) # generate a float number with gauss distribution
		

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