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I am making a Python program with the LEGO Robot Inventor software which will, among other things, turn the robot a random amount periodically, which of course requires a random number. However, I could not find any way to do so. Is there any Python function which I could use to get a random number?

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Python has this built in. Or is there some reason you can't use it?

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    Thanks! I had simply not known about that function.
    – technicguy1
    Jan 20, 2021 at 0:11
  • Not every function from full python is necessarily available in every partial (or micro) python implementation, so I wanted to check first before going down a more elaborate route.
    – RSchulz
    Jan 20, 2021 at 0:34
  • Links tend to break. Could you give a code example in your answer in case the link is no longer available?
    – David Lechner
    Jan 20, 2021 at 3:05
  • I'm guessing python.org is pretty safe.
    – RSchulz
    Jan 20, 2021 at 4:40
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    In case anyone is looking for a concrete example using (Micro)Python's random, I created a small program that randomly displays images in the hub. You can find it here nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/arturomoncadatorres/lego-mindstorms/…
    – Arturo Moncada-Torres
    Jan 22, 2021 at 22:21
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Under operators, there is a block "Pick Random" where you can specify to pick an integral number between x to y... x and y you can type... So for a random direction, set it between 0 and 359 degrees ...

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    I am actually using python, so this solution is not really applicable, but that's my fault for not saying so.
    – technicguy1
    Jan 19, 2021 at 23:46

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