Python: why does `random.randint(a, b)` return a range inclusive of `b`?

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Published on 2010-04-02T19:38:00Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 19:43 UTC
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It has always seemed strange to me that random.randint(a, b) would return an integer in the range [a, b], instead of [a, b-1] like range(...).

Is there any reason for this apparent inconsistency?

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