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Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary

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> To make an example: imaging Bingo.Shuffle the numbers, each number sorted
> should be removed from the container, how would it implemented?

The structure seems a set -> unordered collection of unique elements.

You can select a random element from the set with
random.sample(container, num_of_elems)

And then remove the elem from the set with remove.

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How to iterate on a changing dictionary TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-06-19 22:32 +0800
  Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-20 01:13 +1000
    Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-19 11:53 -0400
      Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-19 12:51 -0400
  Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-19 12:02 -0400
  Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-06-20 03:00 +1000
    Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-06-20 21:20 +0800
      Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary Florencio Cano <florencio.cano@gmail.com> - 2011-06-20 16:30 +0200
      Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-20 13:37 -0400
        Re: How to iterate on a changing dictionary TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-06-21 18:44 +0800

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