[Tutor] Hanging myself on substitution

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> import random
> import string
> cards=open('\windows\desktop\cards.txt','r')
> schmack=cards.readlines()
> counter=0
> while counter <10:
>    total_cards=len(schmack)

move this outside the loop since you only need to do it once.

>    '''here is where my pain begins...'''
>    choose=random.randint(1,%i)% total_cards #<-grrr!

The % format operator only works on strings you should do:

     choose=random.randint(1,total_cards) # or use random.choice maybe?

>    chosen=schmack[choose] 
>    del schmack[choose]

     # now decrement total_cards coz youve removed one.
     total_cards -= 1

>    print chosen
>    counter=counter+1

You could use a "for counter in range(10):" to do the same job with 
less work...

Alan G.