python - I have a problem the random.choice() function as it prints one LETTER in a list of WORDS

Question

I am new to python and programming in general and I was trying to make a hangman game. I downloaded a dictionary text file and opened it in pycharm and I applied the random.choice() function on it and it only printed a letter of a random word in the .txt file:

import random

f = open ("/home/ar/Downloads/sowpods.txt")

sowpods = f.read()

sowpods = random.choice(sowpods)

print(sowpods)

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Answer 1

You first need to convert from a list of characters to a list of words. You can do this using string.split().

import random

f = open ("/home/ar/Downloads/sowpods.txt")

sowpods = f.read().split()

sowpods = random.choice(sowpods)

print(sowpods)