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randomElement -- select a random element of a list

Usage:

randomElement L
Inputs:
- L, a list,
Outputs:
- a thing, random element of L;

Description

i1 : randomElement toList (0 .. 12)

o1 = 11

In the near future, this will also be the behavior of random(List).

See also

setRandomSeed -- set starting point for random number generator

Ways to use randomElement:

randomElement(List)

For the programmer

The object randomElement is a method function.

The source of this document is in /__w/M2/M2/macaulay2-1.26.05+ds/M2/Macaulay2/packages/Macaulay2Doc/functions/random-doc.m2:266:0.