How to disable Python program from printing same value in list more than once?

Question

So I have a program that randomly selects a certain amount of items from a list, but if a value is randomly selected I would like it to only print once, and make the program unable to print the same value twice. How do I do this?

import random
list = [25, 50, 75, 100]
big = int(raw_input("Big numbers: "))
y = big
b = 0
while b < y:
    j = random.choice(list)
    print j
    b += 1

Use `random.sample` or keep a set of seen items and only print if the set does not contain the item, you might want to create a `y` variable also — Padraic Cunningham, Oct 06 '15 at 08:52

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '15 at 08:52

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random.choice isn't the right method to use here. Use random.sample instead:

import random
mylist = [25, 50, 75, 100]
big = int(raw_input("Big numbers: "))
for num in random.sample(mylist, big):
    print num

answered Oct 06 '15 at 08:52

TigerhawkT3

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This is great, I will rate as correct answer as soon as possible – Cooper Oct 06 '15 at 09:00

How to disable Python program from printing same value in list more than once?

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