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user18518060
user18518060

Reputation: 23

Creating random sample larger that range

I am trying to create a sample of 500 values between (and including) 60 and 126. ATM I've got:

random.sample(range(60,126),500)

but the syntax is invalid given the sample size is larger than my specified range.

Should I be using 'list' or some sort of iteration instead and if so, how?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 819

Answers (2)

DollarAkshay
DollarAkshay

Reputation: 2122

You can use numpy.random.randint for a faster and easier approach

np.random.randint(60, 127, size=500)

Upvotes: 1

aaossa
aaossa

Reputation: 3852

You could use random.choices:

random.choices(range(60, 126), k=500)

This will return a list of 500 values where each value comes from the provided range. Values will be sampled from the same collection in each pick, so each value could appear more than once (even if the collection size is greater than k).

Upvotes: 1

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