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Function from library random
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sample(sequencek)

samplesequencek

Returns a list with `k` unique elements sampled from the given sequence.

This is known as 'sampling without replacement'.

sequenceA sequence of elements

kThe number of elements to sample

A list with `k` random elements from the sequence
Code
sample(['Lugano', 'Zürich', 'Genève'], k=2)
Result
['Lugano', 'Zürich']
Code
sample(['Lugano', 'Zürich', 'Genève'], k=3)
Result
['Zürich', 'Genève', 'Lugano']

See also sample in the official documentation

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