On Jan 5, 9:12 am, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any other ideas? > > How about this: > > def random_pick(list, property): > L = len(list) > pos = start = random.randrange(L) > while 1: > x = list[pos] > if property(x): return x > pos = (pos + 1) % L > if pos == start: > raise ValueError, "no such item" > > Regards, > Martin
I thought about this, but in the sequence "00012" (and property = bool) the 1 will be returned four times as often as the 2. Maybe that's ok... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
