3. Python_Numbers_Random.ipynb

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    "# Startrek Python - Numbers & Random"
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    "as shown in notebook 2 on variable types, int is a non-decimal number, float is a decimal number."
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    "### Scientific numbers shorthand using 'e'"
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    "# the 'e' represent the power of 10\n",
    "\n",
    "# to assign a variable 2.5 million\n",
    "Officers_in_alpha = 2.5e6\n",
    "print(Officers_in_alpha)\n",
    "\n",
    "# in Jupyter Notebooks, you can use _ \n",
    "Officers_in_beta = 1_700_000  # 1.7 million\n",
    "Officers_in_beta"
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    "### Convert numeric type to another"
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      " float to int:  354\n",
      " integer to float:  9.0\n"
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    "yammock_sauce = 354.7 \n",
    "station_number = 9\n",
    "\n",
    "# convert yammock sauce into an integer\n",
    "print(' float to int: ', int(yammock_sauce))\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "# convert station number to a float\n",
    "print(' integer to float: ', float(station_number))\n"
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    "## Random Numbers - basic"
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    "Python has a library module you can import that generates random numbers."
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      "3\n"
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    "import random\n",
    "\n",
    "#--- how this code works\n",
    "# library.randomize Range (from, to)\n",
    "# Note: python uses a zero index, first element is always 0\n",
    "#       n-1   10 - 1 = 9     \n",
    "#       start 1, ends at 9\n",
    "print(random.randrange(1, 10))"
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    "# let's get a random number for a Starbase Station\n",
    "# start from 3 to 300   \n",
    "# the randint is calling for only for random integers\n",
    "\n",
    "Starbase_Number_generator = random.randint(3,301)\n",
    "Starbase_Number_generator\n",
    "\n",
    "# if you keep running this code you will get a different number"
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