[Tutor] How to pull a random element from a list?

[ak@silmarill.org]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 12:03:39PM +0100, alan.gauld@bt.com wrote:
> > I'm trying to figure out how the heck to pull an element from 
> > a list or dictionary at random. I have a list of words and 
> > need to be able to pull one at random. 
> 
> One way is to pull my guessing game object framework
> from Useless Python. It includes the code for selecting 
> a random word from a list(which is read from a file).
> 
> The essence is to generate a random integer between 
> 0 and len(list)-1
> 
> randint() is your friend.
> 
> Alan G

Isn't it easier to use random.choice()? Are there any
advantages to this method i'm missing?

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