Python · Iterators, modules and the standard library

random

Random choices for games and sampling. Use secrets for security-sensitive randomness.

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Syntax

random.choice / random.sample

Example

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import random
print(random.choice(["a", "b", "c"]))
print(random.sample(range(10), 3))

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