> I can't figure out > 1) How to remove "y" from the list and continue the loop; when I use .remove > etc. it runs once then give me the error that "y" is not in the list. > > I imagine the answer is quite simple I'm just getting really frustrated > trying to get this done any advice is appreciated.
This should tell you why you run into your error: >>> message = "This is a message." >>> m_list = message.split() >>> m_list ['This', 'is', 'a', 'message.'] >>> y = random.choice(m_list) >>> y 'message.' >>> m_list.remove(y) >>> m_list ['This', 'is', 'a'] >>> y 'message.' You should probably move your y = random.choice() into the while loop. A simpler way than to remove items from a list is to use random.sample: >>> message = "This is a message." >>> m_list = message.split() >>> random.sample(m_list, len(m_list)) ['is', 'This', 'a', 'message.'] -- best regards, Robert S. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
