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How do I randomly select an item from a list using Python?

I am trying to create a string that uses 3 different lists for 3 different words:

print (word1[random.randint(0, X )],
       "the",
       word2[random.randint(0, X)],
       word3[random.randint(0, X)])

word1,word2 and word3 are different lists.

The X in randint is the amount of strings in the respective lists.

So, could anybody help me out and tell me how i write this code correctly?

word1[random.randint(0, [amount of strings in list "word1"])]

Answer 1

You’re making an unwarranted assumption that you need to pick such a random number. The random number is not the thing that you want; you want a random element of the string.

To make a random choice from a sequence, use random.choice.

print(random.choice(word1), "the", random.choice(word2), random.choice(word3))