choosing a random element from a dictionary

[Jp Calderone]

On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 04:30:27PM -0800, Yuval wrote:
> Is there a function that picks a random element from a dictionary? To
> my understanding the popitem() method does that, but it also removes
> it from the dictionary. Of course I can use popitem() and add it back
> directly, but is there any other way of doing so?
> 

    import random
    random.choice(dict.items())
    random.choice(dict.iteritems())

  Jp

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