How to randomly pick an item from a dictionary in Python?

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I would like to know how to randomly pick an item from a Python dictionary?

For example:

I have the dictionary

dic = {'Pedro': 99, 'João': 19, 'Rosa': 35, 'Maria': 23}

I need to choose an item randomly.

python python-3.x

asked by anonymous 28.12.2016 / 17:05

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One way to do this in Python 3 is to get a view of the dictionary items and use the random.choice function to choose an element.

import random
dic = {'Pedro': 99, 'João': 19, 'Rosa': 35, 'Maria': 23}
name, id = random.choice(list(dic.items()))