I want to do something like this:

from random import choice
x = set(("jenny", "jacqui", "claire", "chris", "tracy"))
somebody = random.choice(x)

but I bet a "TypeError: unindexable object" error. Any suggestions for
an elegant workaround?

I'm using set because I want to know that I have a collection of unique
objects.

steve

Il 2005-12-14, stevecanfield@yahoo.com <stevecanfield@yahoo.com> ha scritto:[color=blue]
> I want to do something like this:
>
> from random import choice
> x = set(("jenny", "jacqui", "claire", "chris", "tracy"))
> somebody = random.choice(x)[/color]

import random
x = set(("jenny", "jacqui", "claire", "chris", "tracy"))
somebody = random.choice(list(x))

You must turn back it into a list, set has no notion of indexing

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Hello,

On 14 Dec 2005 12:16:22 -0800, stevecanfield@yahoo.com wrote:
[color=blue]
> I want to do something like this:
>
> from random import choice
> x = set(("jenny", "jacqui", "claire", "chris", "tracy"))
> somebody = random.choice(x)
>
> but I bet a "TypeError: unindexable object" error. Any suggestions for
> an elegant workaround?[/color]

What about somebody = random.choice(list(x)) ?


Christophe.

stevecanfield@yahoo.com schrieb:[color=blue]
> I want to do something like this:
>
> from random import choice
> x = set(("jenny", "jacqui", "claire", "chris", "tracy"))
> somebody = random.choice(x)
>
> but I bet a "TypeError: unindexable object" error. Any suggestions for
> an elegant workaround?
>
> I'm using set because I want to know that I have a collection of unique
> objects.
>
> steve
>[/color]

import random

x = set(("jenny", "jacqui", "claire", "chris", "tracy"))


def draw_from_set(a_set):
random_index = random.randint(0, len(x) - 1)

for i, name in enumerate(x):
if i == random_index:
return name

somebody = draw_from_set(x)

print somebody


Bye,
Dennis

Oh duh. :)

Thanks for pointing out the obvious without mocking...

sc