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91 changes: 83 additions & 8 deletions Doc/library/random.rst
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Expand Up @@ -634,11 +634,12 @@ from the combinatoric iterators in the :mod:`itertools` module
or the :pypi:`more-itertools` project:

.. testcode::

import random

def random_product(*args, repeat=1):
"Random selection from itertools.product(*args, **kwds)"
pools = [tuple(pool) for pool in args] * repeat
def random_product(*iterables, repeat=1):
"Random selection from itertools.product(*iterables, repeat=repeat)"
pools = tuple(map(tuple, iterables)) * repeat
return tuple(map(random.choice, pools))

def random_permutation(iterable, r=None):
Expand All @@ -663,15 +664,89 @@ or the :pypi:`more-itertools` project:
return tuple(pool[i] for i in indices)

def random_derangement(iterable):
"Choose a permutation where no element is in its original position."
"Choose a permutation where no element stays in its original position."
seq = tuple(iterable)
if len(seq) < 2:
raise ValueError('derangements require at least two values')
perm = list(seq)
if not seq:
return ()
raise IndexError('No derangments to choose from')
perm = list(range(len(seq)))
start = tuple(perm)
while True:
random.shuffle(perm)
if all(p != q for p, q in zip(seq, perm)):
return tuple(perm)
if all(p != q for p, q in zip(start, perm)):
return tuple([seq[i] for i in perm])

.. doctest::
:hide:

>>> import random


>>> random.seed(8675309)
>>> random_product('ABCDEFG', repeat=5)
('D', 'B', 'E', 'F', 'E')


>>> random.seed(8675309)
>>> random_permutation('ABCDEFG')
('D', 'B', 'E', 'C', 'G', 'A', 'F')
>>> random_permutation('ABCDEFG', 5)
('A', 'G', 'D', 'C', 'B')


>>> random.seed(8675309)
>>> random_combination('ABCDEFG', 7)
('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G')
>>> random_combination('ABCDEFG', 6)
('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'F', 'G')
>>> random_combination('ABCDEFG', 5)
('A', 'B', 'C', 'E', 'F')
>>> random_combination('ABCDEFG', 4)
('B', 'C', 'D', 'G')
>>> random_combination('ABCDEFG', 3)
('B', 'E', 'G')
>>> random_combination('ABCDEFG', 2)
('E', 'G')
>>> random_combination('ABCDEFG', 1)
('C',)
>>> random_combination('ABCDEFG', 0)
()


>>> random.seed(8675309)
>>> random_combination_with_replacement('ABCDEFG', 7)
('B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'E', 'E', 'G')
>>> random_combination_with_replacement('ABCDEFG', 3)
('A', 'B', 'E')
>>> random_combination_with_replacement('ABCDEFG', 2)
('A', 'G')
>>> random_combination_with_replacement('ABCDEFG', 1)
('E',)
>>> random_combination_with_replacement('ABCDEFG', 0)
()


>>> random.seed(8675309)
>>> random_derangement('')
()
>>> random_derangement('A')
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
IndexError: No derangments to choose from
>>> random_derangement('AB')
('B', 'A')
>>> random_derangement('ABC')
('C', 'A', 'B')
>>> random_derangement('ABCD')
('B', 'A', 'D', 'C')
>>> random_derangement('ABCDE')
('B', 'C', 'A', 'E', 'D')
>>> # Identical inputs treated as distinct
>>> identical = 20
>>> random_derangement((10, identical, 30, identical))
(20, 30, 10, 20)


The default :func:`.random` returns multiples of 2⁻⁵³ in the range
*0.0 ≤ x < 1.0*. All such numbers are evenly spaced and are exactly
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