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Simulation of hero vs monster
I fairly started coding no more than 2 weeks now; not even for long, and a thread inspired me to make a random back-to-forth game between a Hero and a Monster where it randomly choose a certain number ...
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Random Name Selection from a "Hat" in Python
Background/context: This program randomly selects predefined items ("Names" as strings) according to 2 rules:
#Rule 1: Each name/item in the list can only be selected once.
#Rule 2: Single ...
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Create a random list of values with corresponding tokens
I have this code that uses loops and random generators to create a random list of values (operators, strings, integers, floats, and new lines) and a corresponding list of the correct tokens to test a ...
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blackjack dealer hand generator
I wrote a piece of blackjack code - for dealer dealing cards to himself (python). My question is how can I make it more efficient, faster and neater. I ran it for 1.000.000 iterations and it took 14.7 ...
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generate lottery numbers to store in a text file
I scripted a program in python to generate lottery numbers for user. There are two playing methods:
Lotto6aus49: User can choose any 6 numbers out of 49.
Eurojackpot: User can choose 5 numbers out of ...
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Create different groups of students for a number of assignments [closed]
How can I make the code easy?
The function which was developed contains the following inputs:
students: a list with names of students
events: an integer specifying how many group assignments should ...
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Generating a randomized JSON for testing RabbitMQ
The following code will be used to generate a random json object to be used as a RabbitMQ message body. The code works but I'm sure it can be improved in ways that I am not seeing, as I am a novice.
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Python program to scramble MP3 audio
I'm super new to coding. I had a random idea in the car to make this application in order dive head first into learning to code.
This is an app to take an MP3 file, "shred it" into pieces (...
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A more elegant way to uniformly sample from non-negative integers with a fixed sum
Given a positive integer n, I would like to randomly output n non negative integers that sum to ...
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Sampling from k circles with different radii
Description: I would like to sample n_points points from k circles whose radii and centers are given as lists.
Note: This is my ...
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Generating random integers in one of three ranges
I have a function returns a random integer number. This function only accepts these three numbers 1,2 and 3(there's another function in my code which is make sure of this otherwise that function will ...
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Simple Python code that makes a random string of letters and numbers
My code basically picks random letters and numbers from three lists and makes a random combination with them. I decided to write this code just for fun, however I feel like the code can be made ...
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Coin flip streaks in Python
Below is the wording from the problem in Automate the Boring Stuff book. The bold text leads me to believe that I should be checking for a streak and not multiple streaks within each experiment of 100 ...
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Quantum Random Generator outputs pieces of PI [closed]
This is a curiosity as a follow up from Purely Random Numbers Generator
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Purely Random Numbers Generator
I think the best Random Number on the Planet is PI. I wrote a code that generates a list of pseudo-random numbers in Python. Then it treats this list as positions of digits in Pi and then outputs ...
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Finding the perfect statline for a roleplaying game using Python
I made a program for fun that tries to roll a perfect statline, i.e a statline with two groups of only 18s, for a role-playing game. I'm still a newbie in python so mainly trying to learn how to make ...
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Python - Efficiently pick random data from an array, generate random UUIDs and save it all in an Excel table
I wrote the following prototype:
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Get random time between two time inputs
This code takes two times as input and then calculates a random time between the two inputs.
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Robotic swarm simulation: aggregation
This program simulates the phenomenon of aggregation of a swarm of robots with no cooperation between each other and each robot following a very simple rule:
The velocity of this robot has a random ...
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Let's get random, extending Python's base random class
So Python's base random class uses the Mersenne Twister as its base for seeded random number generation. If available, it can use /urandom/, but that is beside the ...
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Python: Random forest code optimization
I've been working on random forest algorithm for classification with roulette selection to find best splits. I came up with this homebrew based on this article https://machinelearningmastery.com/...
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simulation of updating a dataset from real time data
In this code (reproducible example) I want to generate a dataframe composed by random dates in the first col, and by random numbers (in reality they will be generate from a socket) in the second ...
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Monte-carlo simulation code - simple exercise
I created a quick monte-carlo simulation which seems to do what I want (simple version below). The code basically simulates a Poisson distribution, say this results in a simulation of ...
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Python Library for Random Collections
I created a small library Python library to randomly create primitive types and collections. The primitive types are int, float, and string. The collections are tuples of 2, tuples of 3, a list, a 2d ...
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Python Markov Chain based pseudoword generator
This is a Python 3 module that generates random pronounceable word-like strings based on Markov Chains. It has many modes, each mode conforms to the structures of dictionary words to a degree, the two ...
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Python 3 weighted random choice function memoized version
I have written a function that randomly picks one element from a set with different probabilities for each element, anyway it takes a dictionary as argument, the keys of the dictionary are the choices ...
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Python weighted choosing that works with very large numbers
I have written a function to choose randomly with weights from very large data sets in which the weight of elements can be several thousands.
The input of the function is a flat ...
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Markov text generator program in Python
This is my first non-trivial program in my Python. I am coming from a Java background and I might have messed up or ignored some conventions. I would like to hear feedback on my code.
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Python code for eliminating options for random intergers as they get picked
My goal is to write code that picks several random numbers from a range without repeating any previously chosen numbers.
I figured out a functional solution for my problem but it seems very bulky and ...
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A simple noise visualizer made using Pygame GUI
I was trying to make a simple noise visualizer using the noise, pygame and pygame_gui ...
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Python random word generator that generates a wordlike pronounceable string
This is a random word generator I wrote in Python 3 today, I don't know how many Python implemetations of this exist, but this is my first try and it is completely working.
It returns a random word ...
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Library for generating passwords
I am going to make this code below into the second release of my library, but I want to make sure I haven't missed anything. If there are improvements that can be made, I'd like to implement them.
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Random walk generator - looking for optimizations (Python)
I just started learning Python and this is the first code I wrote. It's a Random Walk generator. I think I got it to work pretty well but I'm also sure there are more effective and less clunky ways to ...
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Generate random string to match the goal string with minimum iteration and control statements
The following is my python code to find the number of iterations needed to generate random string iteratively to match the input string.
Here I have repeated a similar kind of for loop in both the ...
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Applying random luck scores to instances of people
I'm trying to do a simulation on the role of luck in human achievement.
Here is what I intend to do with my code:
Create 20000 instances of people with randomly generated scores for skill, experience ...
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Generating binary sequences without repetition
I am trying to generate sequences containing only 0's and 1's. I have written the following code, and it works.
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Math Random Addition
I am learning python from CS106. Please review my code for Khan Sole Academy, I think my code not efficient. Please add critique and advice for beginner like me.
About Code
Generate 2 random numbers ...
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Coin Flip Streaks script
I am attempting to complete the coin flip streaks problem from automate the boring stuff with python.
My code works fine but my only concern is the phrasing of the task.
Does the question want us to ...
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Creating some Loaded Dice to make our board game fairer
Some friends and I were playing a board game and decided that the random dice rolls just weren't fair! So we came up with a scheme for making the rolls slightly more evenly distributed, and I ...
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Procedural generation of a general matrix representing a tile map
The problem is to design an structure which generates "uniformly" the next one in an initially zero matrix. Taking an arbitrary index i in the range [0,m-...
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My Guessing Game
This is a project that I remade to help me understand function definitions better. It may not be great but I am proud of it.
I would love to have you review this project and tell me what I could ...
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speeding up matrix corruption
I need to randomly erase 33% of the non-zero elements in each line of a matrix.
Side note: The end goal is to train a denoising autoencoder to remove this noise.
My solution:
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Mini guessing-game
I am a beginner programmer and I would like to improve in coding and develop my skills. That is why I am asking this question, what should I focus on improving in this code ?
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Python - Predicting the probability of 6 Heads or Tails in a row from a set sample size
I'm wondering whether there is a way to make this even more efficient or reduce the number of variables.
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Test the hypothesis that the expected number of edges of a random connected graph is \$ O(n \log n) \$
Motivation
The most common model for a random graph is the Erdős–Rényi model. However, it does not guarantee the connectedness of the graph. Instead, let's consider the following algorithm (in python-...
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Ising model simulation using metropolis algorithm
I am new to this community; I have tried my best to respect the policy of the community. I have written the Monte Carlo metropolis algorithm for the ising model. I want to optimize the code. I have ...
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Simulating a Rock, Paper, Scissors Game - Flexible
Today I learnt the basics of OOP. I have tried to apply them to this Rock-Paper-Scissors project. However I'm still a beginner, and so I feel my code can be improved. Are there any tips, trick or ...
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Simulated annealing for magic square-of-squares puzzle
I'm working on a function that takes in a NumPy array containing only mutually distinct positive square numbers. I want the function to pick an element at random, find if there is a lower positive ...
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Von Neumann random bytes debiasing
I need to create a method to debias biased bytes from the method get_raw_bytes(length) using von Neumann debiasing method.
Von ...
