Random Element Sum from Two Lists

This function takes two lists as arguments and randomly selects an element from each list (if there are enough elements) and returns the sum of these two elements. If either parameter is not a list, the function will return an error message.

Technology Stack : random, list, isinstance, ValueError, sum

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import random

def random_list_sum(arg1, arg2):
    try:
        list1 = arg1
        list2 = arg2
        if not isinstance(list1, list) or not isinstance(list2, list):
            raise ValueError("Both arguments must be lists.")
        return sum(random.sample(list1, k=random.randint(1, min(len(list1), len(list2)))))
    except Exception as e:
        return str(e)