Jesse Noller wrote:
> 60% from list 1 (main_list[0]) > 30% from list 2 (main_list[1]) > 10% from list 3 (main_list[2]) > > I know how to pull a random sequence (using random()) from the lists, > but I'm not sure how to pick it with the desired percentages. > > Any help is appreciated, thanks > > -jesse Just add up the total of all lists. total = len(list1)+len(list2)+len(list3) n1 = .60 * total # number from list 1 n2 = .30 * total # number from list 2 n3 = .10 * total # number from list 3 You'll need to decide how to handle when a list has too few items in it. Cheers, Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list