Secret Santa

Learning Objectives

This set of challenges focuses on the use of lists in Python. You will learn how to:

• Initialise a list
• Add and remove values to a list
• Find out the length (number of items) of a list
• Access specific items based on their position in the list
• Shuffle the content of a list

Before completing this challenge you may want to read more about how Python lists work.

Challenge #1: Random Name Picker

This first challenge is done for you and gives you example of how list can be used to create a random name picker.
The challenge consists of randomly picking up 3 names from a list of pupils’ names and to make sure the same pupil cannot be picked up twice.

Challenge #2: Secret Santa

The second challenge consists of organising a Secret Santa list from a list of pupils. The program should output a list where all pupils is given the name of another pupil for who they need to get a present. For instance the output of the program may look like this:

Laura will get a present for Tobby.
Ryan will get a present for Laura.
Tobby will get a present for Ryan.

With this challenge you will need to make sure that every pupil does receive a present and that a pupil does not end up having to give themselves a present.