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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dungeon Game Random Choices

Aarron Walter
Aarron Walter
2,217 Points
Posted by Aarron Walter
Aarron Walter
2,217 Points

Random choices and looping

I'm stumped on this challenge. I need to build a list of random choices, but the number of choices is determined by an int passed into my function. Looping on that int the the part that is tripping me up.

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Here is the flow:

# remember to import random
import random

def nchoices(iter1, count):
    results = []
    # run loop 'count' times
    for _ in range(count):
        # append new random item from iter1 to results list
        results.append(random.choice(iter1))
    return results

Note that since I don't need the value of the loop variable, I used "_" as a "throw-away variable".

Aarron Walter
Aarron Walter
2,217 Points
Aarron Walter
Aarron Walter
2,217 Points

Thanks, Chris! Looping on a range was exactly the answer I needed. I appreciate your help.