#🔒 how do I use random with a dictionary

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static valleyBOT
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eager spade
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The easiest way would probably be just to use the keys/values/items method, and get a random element from there.

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Wait, you can call choice directly on dictionaries (I apparently haven't tried that in a long time).

jagged flower
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choice expects its argument to quack like a Seq

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to answer the Q: you can listify the keys of your dictionary, run random.choice over that to get a random key, then, if needed, query the corresponding value from your dictionary as well

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there is no way to directly sample from a dictionary (well unless your keys happen to be 0, 1 ... N-1, which is unreliable to say the least ig)

tall agate
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ahhh

tall agate
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dont work

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sadly

solid rampart
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What is in your dictionary? Is each card a dictionary? And do you have a "deck" which is a list of card dictionaries?

tall agate
solid rampart
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Is your deck a list?

tall agate
solid rampart
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What doe the first few items look like?

tall agate
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deck = {"face cards":10,"two":2,"three":3,"four":4,"five":5,"six":6,"seven":7,"eight":8,"nine":9,"ten":10,"ace":"ace"}

solid rampart
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I can suggest an alternative. Make each card a dictionary, with maybe a rank, value, suit, etc. Then create a deck which is a list of card dictionaries. Given that, then you can easily choose a random element (a card) from the deck.

tall agate
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like make all of them there on dictionaries is not allowed

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idk why

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I asked

solid rampart
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Not allowed by your teacher? Have you studied lists and dictionaries?

tall agate
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but Im stuck

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and I have studied lists and dictionaries

solid rampart
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Well, please tell your friend, that to do the problem correctly, a list of dictionaries is the proper solution. This allows you to pick a random card (dictionary) from the deck (list). In fact, it also allows you to "shuffle" the deck in a single line, and therefore, be able to deal out cards in a random order.

tall agate
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Im a bit slow

solid rampart
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OK. Good!

eager spade
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