how can i randomly choose keys in dictionary

[John Lenton]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 09:35:30AM +0100, Thomas Guettler wrote:
> Am Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:13:46 -0800 schrieb neutrinman:
> 
> > Hi,there. How can I choose a key in dictionary randomly?
> > 
> > Say, random.choice() in lists,
> > 
> > or in lists:
> > lists = [1,2,3,4]
> > position = random.range(len(lists))
> > word = lists[position]
> 
> Hi, try this:
> 
> import random
> 
> mydict={1: "one", 2: "two"}
> print mydict[random.choice(mydict.keys())]

if you're going to do that, why don't you do

  print random.choice(mydict.values())

?

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John Lenton (john at grulic.org.ar) -- Random fortune:
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