Python nchoices(): function problem help? Thank you!

Hola,

Hey, you had the right idea. I used a while loop for it's a bit more practical at least for me. Much less confusing to read too.

The imports should always go at the top of your program as well.

import random

def nchoices(iterable, integer):  
  counter = integer           ========= 1
  random_item = []          ========= 2
  while counter > 0:          =========3
    value = random.choice(iterable) =4
    random_item.append(value) 
    counter = counter -1                     =5
  return random_item                      =6

1. I take integer and I change it to counter. For this is some number of random items from the iterable that I need.

2. Than I create an empty list.

3. Then I say while counter is bigger than 0. Since I don't care what counter is.

4. Than I saw value = randomly choose an item from the iterable with random.choice. So that was correct. Good work there. Then add it to my list

5. Then I count the counter down by 1

6. Once the counter is 0 I stop and return the random_list.

Let me know if this clears it up for you or if you have additional questions.