random :: SystemRandom :: Class SystemRandom

Class SystemRandom

    object --+        
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_random.Random --+    
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            Random --+
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                    SystemRandom

Alternate random number generator using sources provided
by the operating system (such as /dev/urandom on Unix or
CryptGenRandom on Windows).

 Not available on all systems (see os.urandom() for details).

Instance Methods

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_notimplemented(self, *args, **kwds)
Method should not be called for a system random number generator.

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_stub(self, *args, **kwds)
Stub method.

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getrandbits(k)
Generates a long int with k random bits.

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getstate(self, *args, **kwds)
Method should not be called for a system random number generator.

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jumpahead(self, *args, **kwds)
Stub method.

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x in the interval [0, 1).

random(self)
Get the next random number in the range [0.0, 1.0).

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seed(self, *args, **kwds)
Stub method.

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setstate(self, *args, **kwds)
Method should not be called for a system random number generator.

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Inherited from Random: __getstate__, __init__, __reduce__, __setstate__, betavariate, choice, expovariate, gammavariate, gauss, lognormvariate, normalvariate, paretovariate, randint, randrange, sample, shuffle, triangular, uniform, vonmisesvariate, weibullvariate

Inherited from Random (private): _randbelow

Inherited from _random.Random: __getattribute__, __new__

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __hash__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__