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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Posted by Ian Maina
Ian Maina
4,571 Points

help me out here

i really don\t know what is wrong here

item.py 
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random

def random_item("Treehouse"):
    return random.randint(len("Treehouse"))

1 Answer

Nomzamo Sithole
Nomzamo Sithole
61,838 Points
Nomzamo Sithole
Nomzamo Sithole
61,838 Points

Hi Ian, cant see what you were trying to do, however, here's the code below to help you:

import random

def random_item(iterable):

return iterable[random.randint(0,len(iterable)-1)]