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How do I call a random function with arguments from a list?

I'm working on a project, there's a part where multiple functions are inside a list as list elements, so I have to call them randomly from the list Here's an example for the functions without arguments: random.choice(listOfFunctions) #calls a random function But the problem is that some of the functions in this list have an argument and some don't, how do I set a specific value for those that have a argument in case of being called randomly?

10th Mar 2022, 11:48 AM
Mohammad Matin Kateb
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***SOLVED*** My solution: we put functions with arguments and without arguments in two separated lists, we generate two random numbers (for example 0 and 1) if randint(0,1) == 0: choice(noArg)() #empty second parentheses for calling random functions without arguments in noArg list else: choice(withArg)(<argument>) #fill the second parentheses with the argument you want for calling random functions with arguments
10th Mar 2022, 12:37 PM
Mohammad Matin Kateb
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Mohammad Matin Kateb , there might be also possible solutions: > using function with default argument > using function with variable-length arguments using *args, (also for no argument) but this needs a bit more details. the information is a bit sparse, no code example is available.
10th Mar 2022, 5:41 PM
Lothar
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