Player picker

picker.py

import random

name_list = None
with open("names.txt") as name_file:
	name_list = [n.strip() for n in name_file.readlines()]

if len(name_list) % 2:
	exit("Number of Players is not Even")

with open("out_names.txt", "w") as out:
	while name_list:
		p1 = name_list.pop(random.randrange(len(name_list)))
		p2 = name_list.pop(random.randrange(len(name_list)))

		out.write("%s - %s\n" % (p1, p2))