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Jonathan Camacho
1,504 PointsHow is this incorrect?
"First, import the random library. Then create a function named random_item that takes a single argument, an iterable. Then use random.randint() to get a random number between 0 and the length of the iterable, minus one. Return the iterable member that's at your random number's index"
Those are my instructions, and I believe I followed them correctly; however, it says that the name "random_item" is not defined. I dont understand, because it is a function that I am currently defining, please help.
import random
numbers = (0, len(ite))-1
item_list = list(ite)
def random_item(ite):
return item_list[random.randint(numbers)]
1 Answer
Jaxon Gonzales
3,562 PointsHi Jonathan!
The thing about this code challenge is that it is possible to do it all inside the function (other than the import of course). It would go something like this:
import random
def random_item(iterable) :
rand_num = random.randint(0, len(iterable) - 1)
return iterable[rand_num]
Things to note:
- No need to turn the utterable into a list, you can return something based on an index in a string. For example the letter at index 3 of the word "Blanket" would be "n"
- There is no need to create a range for the random.randint method. You enter the range in the parentheses when you call the method.