discord.py - Is there a way to make it so the names don't get repeated

Question

I tried making a command where it picked 10 random people from a list of 20, and listed it from top to bottom, but I realized straight after that it sometimes repeats peoples names. Is there a way to fix that? Here is my code.

@client.command(name='people')
async def people(ctx):
  peopleNames = [
    "person1",
    "person2",
    "person3",
    "person4",
    "person5",
    "person6",
    "person7",
    "person8",
    "person9",
    "person10",
    "person11",
    "person12",
    "person13",
    "person14",
    "person15", 
    "person16",
    "person17",
    "person18",
    "person19",
    "person20",
  ]

  await ctx.send(f'**LIST OF TOP 10 PEOPLE**\n\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}\n{random.choice(peopleNames)}')

I used it and it fixed my problem, but is there a way so that it prints individually, so that it can be printed in different rows instead of being in a bracket. — DLG, Mar 02 '22 at 01:39
[Python print array with new line](https://stackoverflow.com/q/13893399) — SuperStormer, Mar 02 '22 at 01:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '22 at 03:19

Issue:

Using random.sample we can get exactly what you need.

@client.command()
async def people(ctx):
    people_names= [f'person{i}' for i in range(20)]
    names_formatted = ', '.join(random.sample(people_names, k=10))
    await ctx.send(f'List of top 10 people: {names_formatted }')

Keep in mind:

I would like you to keep in mind discord.py is not a beginner friendly library. It is expected that you know the basics of Python before using it. Feel free to check out these resources to help you if you need: