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Dennis Moriarity
Courses Plus Student 940 PointsI don't think i am using the iterable correctly
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.
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item("Treehouse")
secret_num = random.randint(4)
return = "h"
1 Answer
Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Pointsrandom.randint() requires a starting point and an ending point :)
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item(iter):
ran_num = random.randint(0, len(iter) - 1)
return iter[ran_num]