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Frank Sherlotti
Courses Plus Student 1,952 PointsRandom choices challenge: How do I get my loop to stop at a certain integer?
Create a function named nchoices() that takes an iterable and an integer. The function should return a list of n random items from the iterable where n is the integer. Duplicates are allowed. --- I think my code so far does what it's asking me to do but I just can't quite figure out how to make it stop at a certain spot. Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!
def nchoices(thing, num):
x = []
import random
for item in thing:
random.choice(thing)
x.append(thing)
return x
1 Answer
leong shing chew
5,618 Pointsdef nchoices(thing, num):
x = []
count=0
import random
while (count < num):
random.choice(thing)
x.append(thing)
count = count +1
return x
How about using a while loop rather than a for loop?