How to get an unsorted range in Python

Question

I have a list here

List = ['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth', 'etc']

How can I loop through List randomly with random indices and print each item in the random index. For example I want the output to look something like this:

Output:

fourth
first
etc
third
second

Does this answer your question? [Randomizing a list in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34862378/randomizing-a-list-in-python) — Arkistarvh Kltzuonstev, May 02 '20 at 17:19
@ArkistarvhKltzuonstev Is there a way to randomize the range()? — an4s911, May 02 '20 at 17:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '20 at 17:21

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If you want to do this without mutating the original list, you can use random.sample:

>>> import random
>>>
>>> items = ['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth', 'etc']
>>> print("\n".join(random.sample(items, len(items))))
fourth
second
third
etc
first

Also, get in the habit of giving your variables lowercase names that don't conflict with built-in functions or types! :)

answered May 02 '20 at 17:21

Samwise

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It worked. Thank You. random.sample(range(), len(range()) worked for me. – an4s911 May 02 '20 at 17:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '20 at 17:15

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You can randomize the list like this:

import random

List = ['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth', 'etc']
for i in random.shuffle(List):
    print(i)

answered May 02 '20 at 17:15

Keldorn

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 02 '20 at 17:16

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you can use random.shuffle

import random
List = ['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth', 'etc']
random.shuffle(List)
print(List)

hope that's what you were looking for

answered May 02 '20 at 17:16

Ashim Dahal

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How to get an unsorted range in Python

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