Python Number choice() Method

Description

Python number method choice() returns a random item from a list, tuple, or string.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for choice() method −

choice( seq )

Note − This function is not accessible directly, so we need to import random module and then we need to call this function using random static object.

Parameters

• seq − This could be a list, tuple, or string.

Return Value

This method returns a random item.

Example

The following example shows the usage of choice() method.

#!/usr/bin/python
import random

print "choice([1, 2, 3, 5, 9]) : ", random.choice([1, 2, 3, 5, 9])
print "choice('A String') : ", random.choice('A String')

When we run above program, it produces following result −

choice([1, 2, 3, 5, 9]) :  2
choice('A String') :  n