Random int64 and float64 numbers

Question

I\'m trying to generate random 64-bit integer values for integers and floats using Numpy, within the entire range of valid values for that type. To generate ran

Answer 1

I realize this is a very old question, but there is a new answer in Python 3.6.3:

Python 3.6.3 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Oct  6 2017, 12:04:38) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Clang 4.0.1 (tags/RELEASE_401/final)] on darwin
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>>> import numpy as np
>>> import sys
>>> sys.maxsize
9223372036854775807
>>> np.random.randint(sys.maxsize)
8550528944245072046