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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff>> </FONT></SPAN>I had a
task in a book to pick 5 items from a list of 26 ensuring the items are not
repeated</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=461222614-29012009><FONT
color=#0000ff>> </FONT></SPAN>import random<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>list =
['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m',<BR><SPAN
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color=#0000ff>> </FONT></SPAN>
'n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z']<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>word = ' '<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>a = random.choice(list)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>list.remove(a)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>b = random.choice(list)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>list.remove(b)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>c = random.choice(list)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>list.remove(c)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>d = random.choice(list)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>list.remove(d)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>e = random.choice(list)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>list.remove(e)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>word = a + b + c + d + e<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>print (word)<BR><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>print(list)<SPAN
class=461222614-29012009><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=461222614-29012009></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=461222614-29012009><FONT
color=#0000ff>Hmm, sounds like homework, but I'll
bite.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=461222614-29012009></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=461222614-29012009><FONT
color=#0000ff>How about...</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=461222614-29012009></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=461222614-29012009><FONT
color=#0000ff>import random, string<BR>indices =
range(26)<BR>random.shuffle(indices)<BR>word =
"".join([string.ascii_lowercase[i] for i in indices[:5]])<BR>print
word</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=461222614-29012009></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009>Cheers,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=461222614-29012009></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=461222614-29012009>Drea</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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