On 23/06/13 16:18, Jack Little wrote:
I am trying to use random.choice for a text based game. I am using windows 7,
64-bit python. Here is my code:
def lvl2():
print "COMMANDER: Who should you train with?"
trn=random.choice(1,2)
[...]
Here is my error:
File "C:\Users\Jack\Desktop\python\skye.py", line 20, in lvl2
trn=random.choice(1,2)
TypeError: choice() takes exactly 2 arguments (3 given)
Alas, here you have stumbled over one of those corners of Python where things do not work
*quite* as well as they ought to. Even though random.choice looks like a function, it is
actually a method, and methods have an extra argument, automatically generated by Python,
called "self".
So when you call random.choice(1, 2) Python provides three, not two, arguments:
self, 1, 2
hence the error message about "3 given". Since random.choice takes two
arguments, and Python provides one of them, that only leaves one argument for you to
provide. What should that be? Well, if you read the documentation, it tells you. At the
interactive interpreter, you can enter
help(random.choice)
which will give you:
Help on method choice in module random:
choice(self, seq) method of random.Random instance
Choose a random element from a non-empty sequence.
Ignoring "self", you have to give a *sequence* of values. A list is a good
sequence to use:
# Incorrect:
random.choice(1, 2)
# Correct:
random.choice([1, 2])
--
Steven
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