old_contents: # This file is part of beets.
  # Copyright 2011, Philippe Mongeau.
  #
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  # a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
  # "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
  # without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
  # distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
  # permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
  # the following conditions:
  #
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
  # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  
  """Get a random song or album from the library.
  """
  from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
  from beets.ui import Subcommand, decargs, print_obj
  from beets.util.functemplate import Template
  import random
  
  def random_item(lib, config, opts, args):
      query = decargs(args)
      if opts.path:
          fmt = '$path'
      else:
          fmt = opts.format
      template = Template(fmt) if fmt else None
  
      if opts.album:
          objs = list(lib.albums(query=query))
      else:
          objs = list(lib.items(query=query))
      number = min(len(objs), opts.number)
      objs = random.sample(objs, number)
  
      if opts.album:
          for album in objs:
              print_obj(album, lib, config, template)
      else:
         for item in objs:
              print_obj(item, lib, config, template)
  
  random_cmd = Subcommand('random',
                          help='chose a random track or album')
  random_cmd.parser.add_option('-a', '--album', action='store_true',
          help='choose an album instead of track')
  random_cmd.parser.add_option('-p', '--path', action='store_true',
          help='print the path of the matched item')
  random_cmd.parser.add_option('-f', '--format', action='store',
          help='print with custom format', default=None)
  random_cmd.parser.add_option('-n', '--number', action='store', type="int",
          help='number of objects to choose', default=1)
  random_cmd.func = random_item
  
  class Random(BeetsPlugin):
      def commands(self):
          return [random_cmd]
  
new_contents: # This file is part of beets.
  # Copyright 2011, Philippe Mongeau.
  #
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  # a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
  # "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
  # without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
  # distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
  # permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
  # the following conditions:
  #
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
  # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  
  """Get a random song or album from the library.
  """
  from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
  from beets.ui import Subcommand, decargs, print_obj
  from beets.util.functemplate import Template
  import random
  
  def random_item(lib, config, opts, args):
      query = decargs(args)
      if opts.path:
          fmt = '$path'
      else:
          fmt = opts.format
      template = Template(fmt) if fmt else None
  
      if opts.album:
          objs = list(lib.albums(query=query))
      else:
          objs = list(lib.items(query=query))
      number = min(len(objs), opts.number)
      objs = random.sample(objs, number)
  
      for item in objs:
          print_obj(item, lib, config, template)
  
  random_cmd = Subcommand('random',
                          help='chose a random track or album')
  random_cmd.parser.add_option('-a', '--album', action='store_true',
          help='choose an album instead of track')
  random_cmd.parser.add_option('-p', '--path', action='store_true',
          help='print the path of the matched item')
  random_cmd.parser.add_option('-f', '--format', action='store',
          help='print with custom format', default=None)
  random_cmd.parser.add_option('-n', '--number', action='store', type="int",
          help='number of objects to choose', default=1)
  random_cmd.func = random_item
  
  class Random(BeetsPlugin):
      def commands(self):
          return [random_cmd]
  
subject: simplify the random print code