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Can you please improve the error messages? They are not descriptive at all!
import random
def nchoices(list, num):
    result = []
    while (num):
        num -= 1
        result.append(random.choose(list))
    return result
How should I fix the above code?
```choices.py
import random
def nchoices(list, num):
    result = []
    while (num):
        num -= 1
        result.append(random.choose(list))
    return result
```

John Lindsey · Accepted Answer

The function you want to call is random.choice. Choose does not exist. The error messages are usually pretty vague so whenever I run into a problem I try it in my own python. Those error messages are usually a little more descriptive.
```python
import random
def nchoices(list, num):
    result = []
    while (num):
        num -= 1
        result.append(random.choice(list))
    return result
```

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