Python Documentation Function sample

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Function from library random

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sample(sequence, k)

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

This is known as 'sampling without replacement'.

Parameters

sequenceA sequence of elements

kThe number of elements to sample

Return

A list with `k` random elements from the sequence

Examples

Code

sample(['Lugano', 'Zürich', 'Genève'], k=2)

Result

['Lugano', 'Zürich']

Code

sample(['Lugano', 'Zürich', 'Genève'], k=3)

Result

['Zürich', 'Genève', 'Lugano']

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