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Random module is the standard module that is used to generate a random numbers.

  • The function random.random() is a absolute basic random number generation.

  • The function random() returns the next random float in the range [0.0, 1.0].

  • To use the random() function, call the random() method to generate a real (float) number between 0 and 1.

Example:

import random
x = random.random()
print(x) 

# Output:
0.4218281360071646

Additional Information

The function random() generates a number between 0 and 1. But there are other like the functions randint(min,max) and randrange(max), this can generated randoms numbers too but in a different way.

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