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name-generator.py

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+import random
+
+# Function to randomly select a specified number of names from a list of names
+def random_name_selector(names, num_selections):
+    # Check if the number of selections is valid (greater than 0 and less than or equal to the number of names)
+    if num_selections > 0 and num_selections <= len(names):
+        # Randomly select the specified number of names
+        selected_names = random.sample(names, num_selections)
+        return selected_names
+    else:
+        # Return an error message if the number of selections is invalid
+        return "Invalid input: number of selections should be between 1 and the length of the shortlist."
+
+# Main function to handle user input and output
+def main():
+    # Take user input for shortlist names
+    shortlist_names = input("Enter shortlist names separated by a comma: ")
+    # Create a list of names by splitting the input string and removing extra spaces
+    names_list = [name.strip() for name in shortlist_names.split(',')]
+
+    # Take user input for the number of names to be selected
+    while True:
+        try:
+            num_names = int(input("Enter the number of names you want randomly selected from the shortlist: "))
+            # Exit the loop when a valid positive integer is provided
+            break
+        except ValueError:
+            # Display an error message if the input is not a positive integer
+            print("Invalid input: Please enter a positive integer.")
+
+    # Call the random_name_selector function with the list of names and the number of selections
+    selected_names = random_name_selector(names_list, num_names)
+    # Check if the function returned a list of names
+    if isinstance(selected_names, list):
+        # Print the randomly selected names if the function returned a list
+        print(f"Randomly selected names: {', '.join(selected_names)}")
+    else:
+        # Print the error message if the function did not return a list
+        print(selected_names)
+
+# Call the main function to run the code
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()