How to randomly select an item from a list

Question

Assume I have the following list:

foo = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']

What is the simplest way to retrieve an item at random from this list?

Answer 1

Use random.choice()

import random

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