Module random

A cryptographically strong version of Python's standard "random" module.

Classes

StrongRandom

Functions

getrandbits(k)
Return a python long integer with k random bits.

randrange(*args)
randrange([start,] stop[, step]): Return a randomly-selected element from range(start, stop, step).

randint(a, b)
Return a random integer N such that a <= N <= b.

choice(seq)
Return a random element from a (non-empty) sequence.

shuffle(x)
Shuffle the sequence in place.

sample(population, k)
Return a k-length list of unique elements chosen from the population sequence.

Variables

__revision__ = '$Id$'

_r = StrongRandom()

__package__ = 'Crypto.Random'

Function Details

Return a random element from a (non-empty) sequence.

If the seqence is empty, raises IndexError.