Pick winners

pick_winners.py

import random
import time

def pick_winners(candidates, num_winners):
    for i in range(num_winners):
        time.sleep(1)
        winner = random.choice(candidates)
        print "Winner %d: %s" % (i+1, winner)
        candidates.remove(winner)
    print "\nSorry %s\n" % ", ".join(candidates)

py_candidates = ['Andre',
                 'Eleni',
                 'Phil',
                 'Andrew Ingram',
                 'Alex',
                 'Becky',
                 'Gump',
                 'Anthony',
                 'Kura',
                 'Matus']

print 'Picking python winners'
pick_winners(py_candidates, 6)

php_candidates = ['Marek',
                  'Duncan',
                  'Natalia',
                  'Miloud']
print 'Picking PHP winners'
pick_winners(php_candidates, 2)