import json from random import choice,shuffle direction = ["Up","Left","Right"] distance = ["Short","Medium","Long"] devices = ["cardboard","mouse","oculus"] options = [] for x in direction: for y in distance: options.append(x+y) print(options) numDots = int(input("Number of Dots per Trial: ")) numTrials = int(input("Number of Trials: ")) totalNum = numDots * numTrials mod = totalNum % len(options) dots = [] if mod is 0: c = totalNum//len(options) for option in options: dots = dots + ([option] * c) print(dots.count(option)) shuffle(dots) print(dots) trials = [] for x in range(numTrials): trial = [] for y in range(numDots): trial.append(dots.pop()) trials.append(trial) root = {} for d in devices: root['trials'] = trials root['inputMethod'] = d root['participantId'] = 0 with open(d+'Trials.json','w') as f: json.dump(root,f,indent=4) else: print("Please enter evenly divisible numbers")