Question

This is my current code:

import random

while True:
    try:
        num   = int(input("Enter the total number of digits you want to generate:"))
        upper = int(input("Enter your highest number:"))
        lower = int(input("Enter your lowest number:"))

        if upper < 1 or lower < 1 or upper <= lower:
            print ("Sorry, invalid. Make sure your upper bound is higher than lower bound, make sure all numbers are integers greater than 0.")
            continue

        if num < 1:
            print ("Sorry, invalid. Try again.")
            continue

        **mylist = [0] * num
        for x in range (lower, upper):**

The part directly above here is the part that I am not quite sure how to go forward on. I want to generate random numbers depending on the number the user enters and within the upper and lower bounds that the user enters into a list that displays here. Can someone guide me through this? thank you!

except:
    print ("Sorry, invalid. Try again.")

else:
    print ("Thank you.")
    break

Answer 1

If you replace your ** lines with the following, using random.randint(lower, upper), you’ll display the list you want:

mylist = []
for _ in range(num):
    mylist.append(random.randint(lower, upper))

print mylist

You could also do this with a list comprehension:

mylist = [random.randint(lower, upper) for _ in range(num)]
print mylist