[Tutor] Random order program

[Charles Becker]

Dave, Myles, et al,

On Nov 27, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Dave Angel <d at davea.name> wrote:

> On 11/27/2011 05:17 PM, myles broomes wrote:
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>> #random order list
>> while len(random_word_list) != len(word_list):
>>         word = random.choice(word_list)
>>         if word not in random_word_list:
>>                 random_word_list += word
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> If you use  += operator with list on the left side, it assumes something compatible with list on the right.  So either use
>             random_word_list  +=  [word]
> Or else use random_word_list.append(word)
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Everyone has offered some good feedback, I just wanted to throw in this, and hopefully everyone can say if I'm correct or not:

A way to make the code more 'pythonic' and easier to read might be to replace the conditional 
while len(random_word_list) != len(word_list)
With the following :
For x in range(len(word_list))
This will prevent infinite loops, easier to read, and allows for a lot of other uses (even if x is never used).  Any thoughts people?  And would this method (on a small or large scale) be 'cheaper' than the original conditional? Or more 'pythonic'?

Charles

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