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Python choice () function

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description

choice () method returns a random list of items, tuple or string.


grammar

The following is the syntax choice () method:

import random

random.choice( seq  )

Note: choice () is not directly accessible, you need to import the random module, and then call the method by random static objects.


parameter

  • seq - may be a list, tuple or string.

return value

Returns a random item.

Examples

The following shows an example of the use of choice () method:

#!/usr/bin/python
import random

print "choice([1, 2, 3, 5, 9]) : ", random.choice([1, 2, 3, 5, 9])
print "choice('A String') : ", random.choice('A String')

After running the above example output is:

choice([1, 2, 3, 5, 9]) :  2
choice('A String') :  n

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