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Hi iam using random.choice and i want to ask you, how to know what element of array was choosen ?
example code

I need to store in variable what element from array was choosen. i mean number of element Is it possible ?

import random
array = ["Hello","Dog","Cat","Ball"]
x = random.choice(array)
print(x)

Here is one way

import random
array = ["Hello","Dog","Cat","Ball"]
x = random.choice(array)
print(f'Text -> {x} index -> {array.index(x)}')

Output:
Text -> Ball index -> 3

(Aug-08-2021, 10:58 AM)menator01 Wrote: [ -> ]Here is one way

import random
array = ["Hello","Dog","Cat","Ball"]
x = random.choice(array)
print(f'Text -> {x} index -> {array.index(x)}')

Output:
Text -> Ball index -> 3

THANK YOU A LOT

I

index = random.randint(0, len(array)-1)
x = array[index]

import random
array = ["Hello","Dog","Cat","Ball"]
x = random.choice(range(len(array)))
print(x, array[x])

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