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import random | |
start = 0.05 | |
end = 0.2 | |
interval = 11 | |
intervals = [0.0] * interval | |
step = (end - start) / (interval * 2) # adjust to taste, coarser might feel more "random" | |
# only continue while the gap between start and end isn't closed | |
while sum(intervals) < end - start: | |
# choose any of the intervals at random | |
selected_interval = random.choice(range(len(intervals))) | |
# and add a max of step to it, but let it wander | |
intervals[selected_interval] += random.random() * step # 0.0<->1.0 * step | |
# print each interval one at a time, creeping towards == end | |
current = start | |
for index, jump in enumerate(intervals): | |
print index + 1, current | |
current += jump | |
# now current > end, so print end | |
print interval + 1, end | |
""" | |
Sample output: | |
1 0.05 | |
2 0.0670812001431 | |
3 0.0731603308333 | |
4 0.0938695948509 | |
5 0.110838291447 | |
6 0.12349751625 | |
7 0.128899087855 | |
8 0.132899586324 | |
9 0.152122445973 | |
10 0.158451754709 | |
11 0.176311142846 | |
12 0.2 | |
1 0.05 | |
2 0.0631051196776 | |
3 0.0828884350645 | |
4 0.106138502255 | |
5 0.122898026945 | |
6 0.125953330895 | |
7 0.13924073949 | |
8 0.149543128703 | |
9 0.15977812608 | |
10 0.169971766419 | |
11 0.184387217361 | |
12 0.2 | |
1 0.05 | |
2 0.0530942944775 | |
3 0.0812515843015 | |
4 0.103182306271 | |
5 0.121195661082 | |
6 0.139281124719 | |
7 0.150184694858 | |
8 0.164004538703 | |
9 0.177599791515 | |
10 0.190813105681 | |
11 0.196775949207 | |
12 0.2 | |
1 0.05 | |
2 0.0600850048193 | |
3 0.0765072806909 | |
4 0.0873747888335 | |
5 0.106381751078 | |
6 0.116279048657 | |
7 0.13317365851 | |
8 0.140663928472 | |
9 0.157882222769 | |
10 0.165471433813 | |
11 0.189703927512 | |
12 0.2 | |
1 0.05 | |
2 0.071477823268 | |
3 0.0821715291754 | |
4 0.0961085148012 | |
5 0.100607659805 | |
6 0.112511003635 | |
7 0.120049587699 | |
8 0.135752197501 | |
9 0.144922691211 | |
10 0.165078272469 | |
11 0.190471216425 | |
12 0.2 | |
""" |
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