a quick script to generate random pairings for #secret #santa gifts 🎄 🎅

secret-santa.py

import random

def getNames():
    names = []
    f = open('names.txt', 'r')
    for line in f:
        names.append(line.strip('\n'))
    return names

def makePairings(names):
    pairs = []
    size = len(names)
    shuffled = random.sample(names, size)
    for i in range(size - 1):
        pairs.append((shuffled[i], shuffled[i + 1]))
    pairs.append((shuffled[size - 1], shuffled[0]))
    return pairs

def printPairings(pairs):
    for i in range(len(pairs)):
        print(pairs[i][0], "->", pairs[i][1])

def main():
    names = getNames()
    pairs = makePairings(names)
    printPairings(pairs)

main()