Full name
random.random
Library
random
Syntax
random.random()
Description
The random.random function returns a random number in the range [0.0, 1.0) drawn from a uniform distribution.
Parameters
The random.random function takes no arguments.
Result
The random.random function returns a real number.
Examples
We can generate a random number in the range [0.0, 1.0) extracted from a uniform distribution with the following code:
random.random()
0.46216883512905227
To confirm the distribution from which the random numbers are extracted we can generate 10 thousand random numbers and show their histogram:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.figure(figsize = (8, 4))
plt.hist([random.random() for i in range(10000)])
plt.show()
plt.hist([random.random() for i in range(10000)])
plt.show()
