Answers for "how to pick random element from list python without using choice function"

how to print a random part of a list in python

import random

foo = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
print(random.choice(foo))

how to randomly choose from a list python

random.choice(name of list)

python choose random sample from list

import random
sequence = [i for i in range(20)]
subset = random.sample(sequence, 5) #5 is the lenth of the sample
print(subset) # prints 5 random numbers from sequence (without replacement)