My bad, Zope does allow the random module, was just importing and refering to it wrong in my script: #Bad: from random import * randomNum = random() #Good: import random randomNum = random.random() Thanks for all you help. Aaron Bauman wrote:
From ZopeBook 2.6: <quote> Using a module usage (pick a random choice from a list):
<span tal:replace="python:modules['random'].choice(['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five'])"> a random number between one and five </span> </quote>
Substitute any list you wish...
to generate a random number [ 0 < x < 1 ), you'd just use something like <quote> <tal:define define="random_floating_point_number python:modules['random'].random()" /> </quote>
I'd be curious to know if the random() method DOESN't work, cause the choice method has definitely worked for me...
Hope it helps, - Aaron Bauman http://www.gaycenter.org
-----Original Message----- From: David Siedband [mailto:david@generation-xml.com] Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:38 PM To: ZOPE.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Random Module
Are you sure you can't import the functions you need? It might be worthwhile to see if what you want to do can be done without adding to your allowed modules. That should be kind of a last resort. I'm curious what kind of functionality you need from random that can't be done within the importable functions... -- David
On Aug 25, 2005, at 10:36 AM, Sam Boggess wrote:
Why won't Zope let me call the random module? It's really annoying to have to write an external method to call such a simple tool. Is there a way around this? Thanks.