David Y.
—In Python, how can I select one item from a list at random?
Python’s built-in random
module provides the choice
function for this purpose. For example:
import random my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] randomly_selected = random.choice(my_list) print(randomly_selected) # will print a pseudorandomly selected number from my_list every time the script is run
As noted in a warning near the top of the random
module’s documentation, values produced by its generators should not be used for security purposes.
If we’re using our randomly chosen value for modeling a system or building a game, the method above will be fine, but if we need more robust randomness for things like passwords and security tokens, we’ll need to replace random
with Python’s secrets
module. Fortunately, this module also contains a choice
function:
import secrets my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] randomly_selected = secrets.choice(my_list) print(randomly_selected) # will print a randomly selected number from my_list every time the script is run
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