Python - shuffle only some elements of a list

Question

I\'m trying to shuffle only elements of a list on 3rd till last position so the 1st two will always stay in place e.g.

list = [\'a?\',\'b\',\'c\',\'d\',\'e\'         


        

Answer 1

What you do is this:

copy = list[2:]
random.shuffle(copy)    

which does not do much to the original list. Try this:

copy = list[2:]
random.shuffle(copy)
list[2:] = copy # overwrite the original