{"id":128068,"date":"2022-09-13T16:34:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T16:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/?p=669667"},"modified":"2022-09-13T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T16:34:28","slug":"how-to-get-a-random-entry-from-a-python-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/13\/how-to-get-a-random-entry-from-a-python-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a Random Entry from a Python Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Problem Formulation and Solution Overview<\/h2>\n

This article will show you how to get a random entry from a Dictionary in Python.<\/p>\n

To make it more interesting, we have the following running scenario:<\/p>\n

\"\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udfeb\" The Plot<\/strong>: Mr. Sinclair, an 8th great Science Teacher, is giving his students a quiz on the first 25 Periodic Table<\/a><\/em> elements. He has asked you to write a Python script so that when run, it generates a random key, value, or key:value pair from the Dictionary shown below to ask his students.<\/em><\/p>\n

els = {'Hydrogen': 'H', 'Helium': 'He', 'Lithium': 'Li', 'Beryllium': 'Be', 'Boron': 'B', 'Carbon': 'C', 'Nitrogen': 'N', 'Oxygen': 'O', 'Fluorine': 'F', 'Neon': 'Ne', 'Sodium': 'Na', 'Magnesium': 'Mg', 'Aluminum': 'Al', 'Silicon': 'Si', 'Phosphorus': 'P', 'Sulfur': 'S', 'Chlorine': 'Cl', 'Argon': 'Ar', 'Potassium': 'K', 'Calcium': 'Ca', 'Scandium': 'Sc', 'Titanium': 'Ti', 'Vanadium': 'V', 'Chromium': 'Cr', 'Manganese': 'Mn'}<\/pre>\n
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\"\ud83d\udcac\" Question<\/strong>: How would we write code to get a random entry from a Dictionary?<\/em><\/p>\n
We can accomplish this task by one of the following options:<\/p>\n