Random HTML Element Text Extractor

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Code introduction


This function randomly selects an element from the given list, parses it as an HTML document, and then returns the text of the first element in the HTML document.


Technology Stack : Python, PyQuery

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate


                
                    
def select_random_element_from_list(lst):
    import random
    from pyquery import PyQuery as pq

    # Select a random element from the list and parse it as an HTML document
    random_html = random.choice(lst)
    d = pq(random_html)

    # Return the text of the first element in the HTML document
    return d.text()                
              
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