[Solved] Creating a function to generate a random number [closed]

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As it has been answered in Adam Rosenfield’s solution a while ago you may try to use an algoritm similar to this one below:

int i;
do
{
  i = 5 * (rand5() - 1) + rand5();  // i is now uniformly random between 1 and 25
} while(i > 21);
// i is now uniformly random between 1 and 21
return i % 7 + 1;  // result is now uniformly random between 1 and 7

EDIT: Translation to python:

def rand7():
i = 0;

while True:
    i = 5 * (rand5() -1) + rand5()
    if i > 21:
        break
return i % 7 + 1

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solved Creating a function to generate a random number [closed]