Get a random sample with replacement

Question

I have this list:

colors = [\"R\", \"G\", \"B\", \"Y\"]

and I want to get 4 random letters from it, but including repetition.

Runni

Answer 1

With random.choice:

print([random.choice(colors) for _ in colors])

If the number of values you need does not correspond to the number of values in the list, then use range:

print([random.choice(colors) for _ in range(7)])

From Python 3.6 onwards you can also use random.choices (plural) and specify the number of values you need as the k argument.