On 03/11/2011 12:21 PM, noydb wrote:
I am just looking to see if there is perhaps a more efficient way of
doing this below (works -- creates two random teams from a list of
players). Just want to see what the experts come up with for means of
learning how to do things better.
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import random
players = ["jake", "mike", "matt", "rich", "steve", "tom", "joe",
"jay"]
teamA = random.sample(players, 4)
print teamA
teamB = []
for p in players:
if p not in teamA:
teamB.append(p)
print teamB
I'd be tempted to do
temp = players[:] # copy players
random.shuffle(temp) # you could directly shuffle players
# if you don't care about mangling it
team_a = temp[:4]
team_b = temp[4:]
del temp # optional
This assumes you want balanced-ish teams.
-tkc
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