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    <p>I am writing a code snippet for a random algebraic equation generator for a larger project. Up to this point, everything has worked well. The main issue is simple. I combined the contents of a dictionary in sequential order. So for sake of argument, say the dictionary is: <code>exdict = {a:1 , b:2 , c:3 , d:4}</code>, I append those to a list as such: <code>exlist = [a, b, c, d, 1, 2, 3, 4]</code>. The length of my list is 8, which half of that is obviously 4. The algorithm is quite simple, whatever random number is generated between 1-4(or as python knows as 0-3 index), if you add half of the length of the list to that index value, you will have the correct value. </p> <p>I have done research online and on stackoverflow but cannot find any answer that I can apply to my situation...</p> <p>Below is the bug check version of my code. It prints out each variable as it happens. The issue I am having is towards the bottom, under the <code>### ITERATIONS &amp; SETUP</code> comment. The rest of the code is there so it can be ran properly. The primary issue is that a + x should be m, but a + x never equals m, m is always tragically lower.</p> <p>Bug check code:</p> <pre><code>from random import randint as ri from random import shuffle as sh #def randomassortment(): letterss = ['a','b','x','d','x','f','u','h','i','x','k','l','m','z','y','x'] rndmletters = letterss[ri(1,15)] global newdict newdict = {} numberss = [] for x in range(1,20): #range defines max number in equation numberss.append(ri(1,20)) for x in range(1,20): rndmnumber = numberss[ri(1,18)] rndmletters = letterss[ri(1,15)] newdict[rndmletters] = rndmnumber #x = randomassortment() #print x[] z = [] # set variable letter : values in list for a in newdict.keys(): z.append(a) for b in newdict.values(): z.append(b) x = len(z)/2 test = len(z) print 'x is value %d' % (x) ### ITERATIONS &amp; SETUP iteration = ri(2,6) for x in range(1,iteration): a = ri(1,x) m = a + x print 'a is value: %d' % (a) print 'm is value %d' %(m) print variableletter = z[a] variablevalue = z[m] # variableletter , variablevalue </code></pre> <p>edit - My questions is ultimately, why is <code>a + x</code> returning a value that isn't a + x. If you run this code, it will print x , a , and m. m is supposed to be the value of a + x, but for some reason, it isnt?</p>
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