Random picking in dictionary

Question

So i have a dictionary with:

dict = {1:'hi', 2:'bye', 3:'who', 4:'which', 5:'where'}

and I'm trying to randomly extract 3 words from the dictionary and append into a list.

I tried:

import random
lst = []
pick = random.choice(lst.keys())

but I'm getting the error:

TypeError: 'dict_keys' object does not support indexing

@turtle is it possible to just extract the word portion instead of the keys? — Maxxx, May 15 '19 at 08:54
```result = random.sample([v for v in dict.values()], number_of_words)``` — Frieder, May 15 '19 at 08:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 15 '19 at 08:47

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import random
dict = {1:'hi', 2:'bye', 3:'who', 4:'which', 5:'where'}
random.choice(list(dict .keys()))

nr,text= random.choice(list(dict .items()))

try this?

answered May 15 '19 at 08:47

BEvilM

@Belgiumclub thanks, but what if i want to randomly extract 3 words instead of 1? – Maxxx May 15 '19 at 08:52
@Maxxx loop over the random choice and keep it in a list till you have 3 random answers if they need to be unique then filter it hope this helps :) – BEvilM May 15 '19 at 08:58
This is not correct: He can get double values in his result. He wrote "extract" which implies you can not make the same choice again. With your code it it possible to get ```['hi','hi','hi']``` as a result. – Frieder May 15 '19 at 08:59

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