import random # Suppose we have a list of items items = ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry', 'date', 'elderberry'] # Select a random item from the list selected_item = random.choice(items) print(selected_item)
# Output: a random item from the list
To randomly select an item from a list in Python, you can use the random.choice function from the random module. The random.choice function returns a random element from the list. You can call this function multiple times to select multiple random items from the list.
Alternatively, you can also use the random.sample function to select a specified number of random items from the list. Here is an example of how to use random.sample:import random # Suppose we have a list of items items = ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry', 'date', 'elderberry'] # Select 3 random items from the list selected_items = random.sample(items, 3) print(selected_items) # Output: a list of 3 random items from the list*Note that the random module uses a pseudo-random number generator, which means that the random items selected by these functions are not truly random, but are generated using a deterministic algorithm. If you need truly random values, you can use the secrets module, which generates random values using sources of randomness provided by the operating system.
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