From d145240f9a164e7aea8424c844fe0402aab56454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:07:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Tighten documentation for Random.triangular. --- Doc/library/random.rst | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index a064ac42464..712add49489 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ be found in any statistics text. .. function:: triangular(low, high, mode) - Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``low <= N < high`` - and with the specified *mode* between those bounds. + Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``low <= N < high`` and + with the specified *mode* between those bounds. The *low* and *high* bounds + default to zero and one. The *mode* argument defaults to the midpoint + between the bounds, giving a symmetric distribution. - If *mode* is not specified or is ``None``, it defaults to the midpoint - between the upper and lower bounds, producing a symmetric distribution. + .. versionadded:: 2.6 - The default values for *low* and *high* are zero and one. .. function:: betavariate(alpha, beta)