more with lists lists and the random module there are some nice functions in the random module that work on lists function description choice(lpicks random item from sample( ,npicks group of random items from shuffle(lshuffles the items of note the shuffle function modifies the original listso if you don' want your list changedyou'll need to make copy of it example we can use choice to pick name from list of names from random import choice names 'joe ''bob ''sue ''sally 'current_player choice(namesexample the sample function is similar to choice whereas choice picks one item from listsample can be used to pick several from random import sample names 'joe ''bob ''sue ''sally 'team sample(names