I have a list :
x = ["A","B","C"]
and I want to print out a random item a random number of times but every time the random item is generated it should be different for example:
ACBAACBB
what is the simplest way to do that?
2 Answers
This essentially requires two elements of the random package, one to generate a random element from the list x, and the other to generate a random number which would act as the length of the desired output.
import random
x = ["A","B","C"]
r = random.randint(1,100)
st = ''
for i in range(r):
var = random.choice(x)
st += var
print (st)
This generates outputs ranging from 1 to 100 in length. Modify the random.randint(1,100) to get the desired output length.
You can set limits on the length of the string manually, and then choose a random element from the list each time you want a new character using iteration.
The following code will print a string in this format with a minimum range of 1 and a maximum range of 10
import random
x = ["A","B","C"]
text = ""
for i in range(random.randint(1,10)):
text += random.choice(x)
print(text)
random.choice(x)