The Wiggler 0.1.2

# pass this method an object and some scaling factor
# this will iterate through all of the verticies and wiggle them slightly
# to wiggle in this context means translate in a random direction

import maya.cmds as plg
import random

def wiggler(whichOne, howMuch):
    scalingFactor = int(howMuch)
    for x in range(0,len(plg.getAttr(whichOne+ '.vtx[*]',size=True))):
        whichVertToChange = whichOne + '.vtx[' + str(x) + ']'
        howFarX = random.random()/scalingFactor
        howFarY = random.random()/scalingFactor
        howFarZ = random.random()/scalingFactor
        plg.setAttr(whichVertToChange, howFarX, howFarY, howFarZ, type="double3")