import random; while True: print (random.randrange (1, 100 + 1, 2))
I'm trying to generate infinite amount of odd numbers with range from 1 - 100
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4A while statement is a compound statement. You can only use semicolon to separate simple statements . – Håken Lid Jul 19 '19 at 15:59
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2`import itertools, random ; [_ for _ in itertools.count() if print(random.randrange (1, 100 + 1, 2))]` will do the trick – Taek Jul 19 '19 at 16:03
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Replace `;` with a literal newline. – chepner Jul 19 '19 at 16:11
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I like Python, but it's really not great for one-liners. – chepner Jul 19 '19 at 16:29
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Semicolons cannot be used to join arbitrary statements, only "small" statements:
stmt: simple_stmt | compound_stmt
simple_stmt: small_stmt (';' small_stmt)* [';'] NEWLINE
small_stmt: (expr_stmt | del_stmt | pass_stmt | flow_stmt |
import_stmt | global_stmt | nonlocal_stmt | assert_stmt)
A small statement is (roughly speaking) any statement that doesn't involve indentation.
Instead, you need to separate the import and the loop with a literal newline. If your shell supports it, you can use
python -c $'import random\nwhile ...'
Otherwise, you need to relax your definition of 'one-liner':
python -c 'import random
while ...
'
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