Title: Select Random Item From A Lists Slug: select_random_item_from_list
Summary: Select Random Item From A Lists in Python. Date: 2016-01-23 12:00
Category: Python
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

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Preliminaries



In [1]:

    
from random import choice

Create List



In [2]:

    
# Make a list of crew members
crew_members = ['Steve', 'Stacy', 'Miller', 'Chris', 'Bill', 'Jack']

Select Random Item From List



In [3]:

    
# Choose a random crew member
choice(crew_members)









    Out[3]:





'Stacy'