How to randomly partition a list into n nearly equal parts?
Solution 1:
Call random.shuffle() on the list before partitioning it.
Solution 2:
Complete 2018 solution (python 3.6):
import random
def partition (list_in, n):
random.shuffle(list_in)
return [list_in[i::n] for i in range(n)]
Beware! this may mutate your original list