Fix typo and improve formatting

python · rhettinger · May 8, 2020 · May 6, 2020 · May 6, 2020 · May 6, 2020
commit 1f36ad3c5f2a793eb4c67ac8e5685ce66f764413
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
@@ -353,9 +353,12 @@ def sample(self, population, k, *, counts=None):

            sample(['red', 'red', 'red', 'red', 'blue', 'blue'], k=5)

-        To choose a sample in a range of integers, use range as an argument.
-        This is especially fast and space efficient for sampling from a
-        large population:   sample(range(10000000), 60)
+        To choose a sample from a range of integers, use range() for the
+        population argument.  This is especially fast and space efficient
+        for sampling from a large population:
+
+            sample(range(10000000), 60)
+
        """

        # Sampling without replacement entails tracking either potential

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_random.py b/Lib/test/test_random.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def test_sample_with_counts(self):

    def test_sample_counts_equivalence(self):
        # Test the documented strong equivalence to a sample with repeated elements.
-        # We run this test on random.Random() which makes deteriministic selections
+        # We run this test on random.Random() which makes deterministic selections
        # for a given seed value.
        sample = random.sample
        seed = random.seed