How do I randomly select an item from a list using Python?

Question

Let's say, as an example, I have the following list:

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

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

Answer 1

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