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Aarron Walter
2,217 PointsRandom 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
Treehouse Moderator 67,986 PointsHere 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
2,217 PointsThanks, Chris! Looping on a range was exactly the answer I needed. I appreciate your help.