Scaling random numbers within specific range

[schniefen]

How would one scale some random numbers within a specific range in Python, say [0,pi]? Would simply fmod(random_number/pi) do it?

[ichabod801]

If you have random numbers on a range (0, 1), multiplying them by n puts them on a range from (0, n).

[schniefen]

Say the random numbers are not explicitly given, i.e. we don't know in which interval they're in. How would one work around that?

[ichabod801]

Generate a bunch of them and estimate the interval?

[jefsummers]

Depends on the application. Can you get all the random numbers into a list and then see the min and max? I take it you are not generating the random numbers but receiving them for analysis?