Show a random image? [Solved]

[pancito]

So I have a tonload (not really) of potential images I want to show one of based on a random number. Here's what I have so far...

I can make up a declared image name like so:

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        $ num = renpy.random.randint(1, 20)
        $ thing = "thingy" + str(num)

[thing] now contains "thingy17" or whatever which is an image (image thingy17 = "thingy17.png").

Is there some way to call [thing] as in:

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    show thing

Given that's possible, is there some way to also declare the image on the fly, e.g. similar to:

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image thing = "thingy" + str(num) + ".png"
show thing

I know this is a bit weird, but I seriously don't want a huge nested if or a huge 'choice' statement. Drag to write, drag to debug, drag to document. Thanks for the help... Still learning... Still a newb.

[Asceai]

show expression thing

Scroll down to 'show expression' to read up on this form of show.

[pancito]

Thank you, Asceai. I knew there had to be a way...