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Asked: 2026-05-22T18:20:23+00:00

Is there a pythonic way to slice a sequence type such that the returned

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Is there a pythonic way to slice a sequence type such that the returned slice is of random length and in random order? For example, something like:

>>> l=["a","b","c","d","e"]
>>> rs=l[*:*]
>>> rs
['e','c']
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  1. Editorial Team

    How about… 

    random.sample(l, random.randint(1, len(l)))

    Quick link to docs for the random module can be found here.

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