How to get an item from a list randomly?

Question

Suppose I have the following list:

frutas = ['abacate', 'mamão', 'laranja', 'uva', 'pêra']

I need to capture one of these elements from list randomly.

How would I do it in Python?

Answer 1

Answer Soen, use the Random.Choice

import random

frutas = ['abacate', 'mamão', 'laranja', 'uva', 'pêra']
print(random.choice(frutas))

Online Example

_Reference:

• Random.Choice

Answer 2

Whereas it is possible to use the random.choice, on the other hand, if you also want to capture several items randomly, you can use random.sample passing as parameter the list and the number of items to display. See:

Random.Choice()

import random
print(random.choice(['abacate', 'mamão', 'laranja', 'uva', 'pêra']))

Random.()

import random    
print(random.sample(['abacate', 'mamão', 'laranja', 'uva', 'pêra'],  3))

Learn more about other module methods random in the documentation.