random Decimal in python

Question

How do I get a random decimal.Decimal instance? It appears that the random module only returns floats which are a pita to convert to Decimals.

Answer 1

From the standard library reference :

To create a Decimal from a float, first convert it to a string. This serves as an explicit reminder of the details of the conversion (including representation error).

>>> import random, decimal
>>> decimal.Decimal(str(random.random()))
Decimal('0.467474014342')

Is this what you mean? It doesn't seem like a pita to me. You can scale it into whatever range and precision you want.