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Old November 7th, 2012, 07:01 PM
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*Random Number File Writer* help

Write a program that writes a series of random numbers to a file. Each random number should be in the range of 1 through 100. The application should let the user specify how many random numbers the file will hold. This is what i have so far.

# This program displays five random
# numbers in the range of 1 through 100.
import random

def main():
for count in range():
# Get a random number.
number = random.randint(1, 100)
# Display the number.
print(number)

# Call the main function.
main()

How do i change this so the user can specify how many numbers will show?

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# source for prompt is in post 4 of http://forums.devshed.com/python-programming-11/newbie-question-regarding-exceptions-933626.html

def positive_integer(s):
    rv = int(s)
    if rv < 0: raise ValueError()
    return rv

#...

for count in range(prompt('How many random numbers? ',conversion=positive_integer,default=1)):
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