coding random selection from list

[Moshe Zadka]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 doyen at mediaone.net wrote:

> def returnname(list):
>     return list[random.randint(0,(len(list)-1))] # returns a random
> selection from a list
> 
> It seems to work, is it correct and efficient?

If you're re-inventing the wheel, try not to make it elliptical...

What's wrong with random.choice?
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