python - randomly choose from list

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I have an issue with my code. I made a list where i have cities and their postcodes listed. The script is supposed to be a web automation that randomly chooses a city and its postcode. It has to enter the city in one input field and postcode in another one. My code looks like this and the problem is that it chooses city randomly, but it doesn't select postcode in other field, instead it chooses another random city.

from webbot import Browser
import random

d = {'Presov':'08001', 'Zilina':'01001', 'Nove Zamky':'94062'}

web.type((random.choice(list(d))) , into='City')
web.type('Netherlands' , into='State, Province, or Region')
web.type((random.choice(list(d))) , into='Postal Code')

Yeah, well, you're picking a random value twice. You'll want to pick a random key once, then use that randomly picked key to get the value from d. — deceze
– deceze ♦, Commented Apr 7, 2021 at 9:33

miquelvir · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-07 09:49:38Z

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Choose the random key and then get the postcode.

import random

d = {'Presov':'08001', 'Zilina':'01001', 'Nove Zamky':'94062'}

random_city = random.choice(list(d))
postcode = d[random_city]
print(random_city, postcode)

# alternatively

random_city, postcode = random.choice(list(d.items()))
print(random_city, postcode)

# and then
web.type(random_city, into='City')
web.type('Netherlands' , into='State, Province, or Region')
web.type(postcode, into='Postal Code')

edited Apr 7, 2021 at 9:49

answered Apr 7, 2021 at 9:35

miquelvir

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2 Comments

Josh Andrews Over a year ago

that makes sense but how would i put it into the web.type code?

miquelvir Over a year ago

here you have, if that solves your issue please mark it as solved

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