Exponential distribution in Python

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Jake picture Jake · Mar 31, 2010 · Viewed 13.1k times · Source

What's the easiest way to draw a random number from an exponential distribution in Python?

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Alex Martelli picture Alex Martelli · Mar 31, 2010

random.expovariate of course.

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