Random from Dictionary

[Chris Barker]

Mikael Olofsson wrote:

> Couldn't you use it on yourdict.keys()?

you sure could:

>>> from random import choice
>>> d = {"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}
>>> d
{'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'a': 1}
>>> d[choice(d.keys())]
3
>>> d[choice(d.keys())]
1
>>> d[choice(d.keys())]
3

tested and everything....

-Chris



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