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Reputation: 1846

How to randomly select functions within a function in python

I have two functions doing different operations but I would like them to be called in another function randomly.

eg. 

def func1(): do something
def funct2(): do something else

def func3(): select funct1() or funct2() randomly

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6461

Answers (1)

Sukrit Kalra
Sukrit Kalra

Reputation: 34493

Collect the functions in a list and randomly choose one of them (using random.choice) and call it!

>>> def f2():
        return 2

>>> def f1():
        return 1

>>> fns = [f1, f2]
>>> from random import choice
>>> choice(fns)()
1
>>> choice(fns)()
2

This is possible because Python functions are first class objects. Read up this link on first class objects in Python.

Upvotes: 15

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