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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dungeon Game Random Choices

Aarron Walter
Aarron Walter
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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 67,986 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.