diff --git a/snippets/sample.md b/snippets/sample.md index f4dd49529..d8f43d0ea 100644 --- a/snippets/sample.md +++ b/snippets/sample.md @@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ tags: list,random,beginner Returns a random element from a list. -- Use `random.randint()` to generate a random number that corresponds to an index in the list, return the element at that index. -- [`random.sample()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html#random.sample) provides similar functionality to this snippet. +- Use `random.choice()` to get a random element from `lst`. ```py -from random import randint +from random import choice def sample(lst): - return lst[randint(0, len(lst) - 1)] + return choice(lst) ``` ```py