Full name
random.choice
Library
random
Syntax
random.choice(seq)
Description
The random.choice function returns a random value extracted from the sequence passed as an argument. If this sequence is empty, the function generates an IndexError.
Parameters
- seq: Sequence from which to extract the random value.
Result
The random.choice function returns a value of a type that matches that of the element extracted from the sequence.
Examples
We can extract a random day of the week with the following code:
day = random.choice(["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"])
day
day
'Tuesday'
In this case, the return type is string :
type(day)
str
In this second example we pass a list of real numbers as a sequence:
n = random.choice([2.5, 3.7, 6.1, 8.9])
n
n
8.9
In this case, the return type is float :
type(n)
float
Note that the sequence can be made up of elements of different types:
random.choice([1, 3.1415, "Pi", True])
True
