How Do i Randomly Select an Item From A List?

Question

i was curious on how to randomly select an item from a list? for example you want to randomly choose an item from a list to print something. In the example code below i make a list with random items in it and i want the print to say "the random item is" and then a random item from the list. Sorry if this is a bit unclear if you want me to explain it better just ask :) Thanks

#Example
random = ["random1", "random2", "random3"]
print("Random item is " + "Random Item"???)

The accepted answer here is the same as the accepted answer given in the question linked above. — Luke C, Apr 24 '17 at 00:27

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '17 at 23:58

6

import random
items = ["random1", "random2", "random3"]
random.choice(items)

answered Apr 23 '17 at 23:58

Zohaib Ijaz

21,926
7
38
60

1

Please do a search for duplicates before answering common questions like this. FWIW, the question linked by juanpa.arrivillaga already had 37 duplicate links, we really don't need another one. – PM 2Ring Apr 24 '17 at 05:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '17 at 00:09

import random
list = ["random1", "random2", "random3"]
random.choice(list)

The random.choice(list) returns one of the items in the list, which means you can do this:

import random
list = ["random1", "random2", "random3"]
chosen = random.choice(list)
print("The chosen was: {}".format(chosen))

How Do i Randomly Select an Item From A List?

2 Answers2