Pick a group of 3-5 people for lunch

apartment_list_group_picker

import random

people = ['alice', 'bob', 'carl', 'dave', 'asdf', 'sdfg', 'sdffg', 'erty', 'ertry']

people = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

def make_groups(people):
    result_groups = []
    current_group = []
    
    
    # while I have people to choose from
    # remove a person from the list
    # add them to temp list
    # if 4 people in templist add to master list
    # if less than 4 people left add them all
    
    
    
    
    
    while len(people):
#         choice = random.choice(people)
        choice = people[0]
        
        print('>>',people)
        print(choice)
        print(current_group)
        print(result_groups)

        
        
        
        
    
        if len(current_group) < 4 and len(current_group) + len(people) <= 4:
            current_group.extend(people)
            result_groups.append(current_group)
            current_group = []
            break
        
        elif len(current_group) < 4:
            current_group.append(choice)
            
        else:
            result_groups.append(current_group)
#             result_groups.append([choice])
            current_group = [c]

        people.remove(choice)
        choice = ""
    
#     result_groups[-1].append(choice)
    
    return result_groups
        
        
make_groups(people)



#################### Working solution.

import random

people = ['alice', 'bob', 'carl', 'dave', 'earl', 'fred', 'grant', 'henry', 'irving']

# people = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

def make_groups_correct(people):
    result_groups = []
    current_group = []
    
    # while I have people to choose from
    # remove a person from the list
    # add them to temp list
    # if 4 people in templist add to master list
    # if less than 4 people left add them all
    
    while len(people):
    
        choice = random.choice(people)
        current_group.append(choice)
        people.remove(choice)

        if len(current_group) == 4:
            result_groups.append(current_group)
            current_group = []
    
    result_groups.append(current_group)
    return result_groups
    
make_groups_correct(people)